linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix RTNL-locking in tun/tap driver

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Message-Id: <20080229.122629.97399970.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:26:29 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Kim.Heino@...egiga.com
Cc:	maxk@...lcomm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix RTNL-locking in tun/tap driver

From: "Kim B. Heino" <Kim.Heino@...egiga.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:38:21 +0200

> Current tun/tap driver sets also net device's hw address when asked to
> change character device's hw address. This is a good idea, but it
> misses RTLN-locking, resulting following error message in
> 2.6.25-rc3's inetdev_event() function:
> 
> RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c (1050)
> 
> Attached patch fixes this problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kim B. Heino <Kim.Heino@...egiga.com>

Applied, thanks.
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