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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:00:57 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: jarkao2@...il.com Cc: f6bvp@...e.fr, ralf@...ux-mips.org, adobriyan@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][ROSE][AX25] af_ax25: possible circular locking From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:13:23 +0100 > On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 07:14:43PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > ... > "again" loop should skip this entry next time: s->ax25_dev should > be NULL, so not equal to ax25dev. (But of course there could be > this unknown to me place, which changes this back in the meantime.) Indeed you are right. > > You'll thus need to resolve this locking conflict more properly. > > I know it's hard, but your current fix is worse because it adds > > a new known bug. > > Sorry, it seems this will've to wait until Ralf finds some time, > because I really can't give this more time, considering I never > used nor have any plans to use this code, and this bug could > suggest there is not so many interested in this, besides Bernard, > either. I'll try to look at this. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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