linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vhost-net: Acquire device lock when releasing device

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Message-Id: <20111126.154503.1317670837061338352.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:45:03 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	levinsasha928@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost-net: Acquire device lock when releasing device

From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:19:42 +0200

> Device lock should be held when releasing a device, and specifically
> when calling vhost_dev_cleanup(). Otherwise, RCU complains about it:
 ...
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>

Michael et al., are you guys going to gather this fix or should I
apply it directly to thet net tree?

Thanks.
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