netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ppp: take reference on channels netns

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2016 19:02:22 +0300
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Baozeng Ding <sploving1@...il.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ppp: take reference on channels netns

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 04:38:55PM +0100, Guillaume Nault wrote:
> Let channels hold a reference on their network namespace.
> Some channel types, like ppp_async and ppp_synctty, can have their
> userspace controller running in a different namespace. Therefore they
> can't rely on them to preclude their netns from being removed from
> under them.
> 
...
> 
> Fixes: 273ec51dd7ce ("net: ppp_generic - introduce net-namespace functionality v2")
> Reported-by: Baozeng Ding <sploving1@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>

Good catch! Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>