netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: fix a rcu_read_lock() imbalance in make

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Message-Id: <20120918.163055.1580882472532006729.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:30:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: fix a rcu_read_lock() imbalance in make_blackhole

From: roy.qing.li@...il.com
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:40:10 +0800

> From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
> 
> if xfrm_policy_get_afinfo returns 0, it has already called rcu_read_unlock,
> xfrm_policy_put_afinfo should not be called again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

This bug exists in the 'net' tree too, where this lock is a read lock.

I've applied this patch and adjusted the commit log text to accomodate
to difference.

Thanks.
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