netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] l2tp: tunnel creation fixes

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:42:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jchapman@...alix.com, tparkin@...alix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] l2tp: tunnel creation fixes

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 21:01:07 +0200

> L2TP tunnel creation is racy. We need to make sure that the tunnel
> returned by l2tp_tunnel_create() isn't going to be freed while the
> caller is using it. This is done in patch #1, by separating tunnel
> creation from tunnel registration.
> 
> With the tunnel registration code in place, we can now check for
> duplicate tunnels in a race-free way. This is done in patch #2, which
> incidentally removes the last use of l2tp_tunnel_find().

Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.