linux-kernel - [065/165] net: fix __dst_destroy_metrics

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Message-Id: <20110601081128.204198782@blue.kroah.org>
Date:	Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:10:35 +0900
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [065/165] net: fix __dst_destroy_metrics_generic()

2.6.39-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

[ Upstream commit b30c516f875004f025f4d10147bde28c5e98466b ]

dst_default_metrics is readonly, we dont want to kfree() it later.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 net/core/dst.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void __dst_destroy_metrics_generic(struc
 {
 	unsigned long prev, new;
 
-	new = (unsigned long) dst_default_metrics;
+	new = ((unsigned long) dst_default_metrics) | DST_METRICS_READ_ONLY;
 	prev = cmpxchg(&dst->_metrics, old, new);
 	if (prev == old)
 		kfree(__DST_METRICS_PTR(old));


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