netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] netns: fix NULL-dereference in dev

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Message-Id: <1218745207.16589.77.camel@iris.sw.ru>
Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:20:07 +0400
From:	"Denis V. Lunev" <den@...allels.com>
To:	Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] netns: fix NULL-dereference in dev_net()

On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 15:27 -0400, Brian Haley wrote:
> Change dev_net() to handle a NULL argument - return &init_net instead.
> 
> -Brian
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
> ---
> 
the code is designed keeping in mind that there are no checks for
	net != NULL
in any place. They are too expensive. We need to invent other way :(

Regards,
	Den

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