netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] netfilter: fix the race when initializing nf_ct_expect_hash

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Message-Id: <20110105.103246.193708786.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:32:46 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	xiaosuo@...il.com, kaber@...sh.net,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] netfilter: fix the race when initializing
 nf_ct_expect_hash_rnd

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:03:18 +0100

> Le mercredi 05 janvier 2011 à 22:23 +0800, Changli Gao a écrit :
>> Since nf_ct_expect_dst_hash() may be called without nf_conntrack_lock
>> locked, nf_ct_expect_hash_rnd should be initialized in the atomic way.
>> 
>> In this patch, we use nf_conntrack_hash_rnd instead of
>> nf_ct_expect_hash_rnd.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
>> ---
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> 
> Problem is Patrick seems not responsive these days ;)

As a result, I'll integrate this fix later today.
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