netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] econet: fix locking

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Message-Id: <20100611.183924.45886086.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:39:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] econet: fix locking

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:33:05 +0200

> econet lacks proper locking. It holds econet_lock only when inserting or
> deleting an entry in econet_sklist, not during lookups.
> 
> - convert econet_lock from rwlock to spinlock
> 
> - use econet_lock in ec_listening_socket() lookup
> 
> - use appropriate sock_hold() / sock_put() to avoid corruptions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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