netdev - Re: [PATCH] Revert "af-packet: Use existing netdev reference for bound sockets."

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Date:	Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:06:14 -0800
From:	Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...stanetworks.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
	Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "af-packet: Use existing netdev reference for
 bound sockets."

Will fix it. Thanks.

On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 6:28 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...stanetworks.com>
> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:28:42 -0800
>
>> This reverts commit 827d978037d7d0bf0860481948c6d26ead10042f.
>>
>> The patch introduced a race condition between packet_snd and packet_notifier
>> when a net_device is being unregistered. In the case of a bound socket,
>> packet_notifier can drop the last reference to the net_device and packet_snd
>> might be sending a packet over a freed net_device.
>
> You need to provide a proper "Signed-off-by: ", you need to refer to
> commits not just buy SHA1 ID but also by the commit header text in
> parenthesis and double quotes.
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