netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: unbreak xfrm_sk_policy

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:17:47 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: unbreak xfrm_sk_policy_lookup

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 01:21:46PM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote:
> if we succeed grabbing the refcount, then
>   if (err && !xfrm_pol_hold_rcu)
> 
> will evaluate to false so this hits last else branch which then
> sets policy to ERR_PTR(0).
> 
> Fixes: ae33786f73a7ce ("xfrm: policy: only use rcu in xfrm_sk_policy_lookup")
> Reported-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> Tested-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

Applied to the ipsec tree, thanks everyone!