netdev - Re: [PATCH net 3/3] llc: Fix races between llc2 handler use and (un)registration

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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:52:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ben@...adent.org.uk
Cc:	acme@...stprotocols.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 3/3] llc: Fix races between llc2 handler use and
 (un)registration

From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:50:55 +0100

> When registering the handlers, any state they rely on must be
> completely initialised first.  When unregistering, we must wait until
> they are definitely no longer running.  llc_rcv() must also avoid
> reading the handler pointers again after checking for NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>

Applied.
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