netdev - Re: [PATCH net] packet: fix races in fanout

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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:05:49 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] packet: fix races in fanout_add()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:03:51 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Multiple threads can call fanout_add() at the same time.
> 
> We need to grab fanout_mutex earlier to avoid races that could
> lead to one thread freeing po->rollover that was set by another thread.
> 
> Do the same in fanout_release(), for peace of mind, and to help us
> finding lockdep issues earlier.
> 
> Fixes: dc99f600698d ("packet: Add fanout support.")
> Fixes: 0648ab70afe6 ("packet: rollover prepare: per-socket state")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.