netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] 6lowpan: reassembly: fix kernel oops while unloading

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Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 2014 23:32:46 +0100
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
Cc:	alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com, dbaryshkov@...il.com,
	linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] 6lowpan: reassembly: fix kernel oops while
 unloading

Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com> wrote:
> It seems that the inet_frag_queue is deleted but the timer is running. This
> patch adds a for loop to iterate over all frag_queue entries in the
> frag_bucket and calling del_timer for each frag_queue entry while
> unloading the 6lowpan module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Phoebe Buckheister <phoebe.buckheister@...m.fraunhofer.de>
> ---
> I am not sure about that I can do that in this simply way without hold
> any lock of the inet_frag_queue or inet_frag_bucket. Please help there.
> The kernel oops never occurs afterwards, but this isn't simple to test.
> I can't test all cases.

I find it hard to believe that this is a 6lowpan specific problem,
most likely this needs a fix in inet_fragment code.

I am currently looking at that code for different reasons anyway and can
investigate tomorrow if you do not have time for it.
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