netdev - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/addr: Use appropriate locking with for_each

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Message-ID: <4B063C78.1070502@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:51:36 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
CC:	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/addr: Use appropriate locking with for_each_netdev()

Roland Dreier a écrit :
>  > Any news of this patch ?
>  > 
>  > We need it for 2.6.32 and also to prepare 2.6.33 with upcoming patches.
> 
> Sorry for not explicitly emailing about this patch.  I applied it as
> part of Sean's series, but I just added it to my 2.6.33 queue.  At this
> point in the release cycle it doesn't look severe enough for 2.6.32,
> unless I miss something.

Its possible to get infinite loops or crashes.

I am not a RDMA user, so I personally dont care :)

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