netdev - Re: [PATCH NEXT 1/2] netxen: fix race in tx stop queue

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20101018.072329.226791224.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:23:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amit.salecha@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ameen.rahman@...gic.com,
	anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com, rajesh.borundia@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH NEXT 1/2] netxen: fix race in tx stop queue

From: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:03:41 -0700

> From: Rajesh Borundia <rajesh.borundia@...gic.com>
> 
> There is race between netif_stop_queue and netif_stopped_queue
> check.So check once again if buffers are available to avoid race.
> With above logic we can also get rid of tx lock in process_cmd_ring.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rajesh Borundia <rajesh.borundia@...gic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>

Applied.
--
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