netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 3.11] genetlink: fix family dump race

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Message-Id: <20130812.220654.1384854931460655539.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 12 Aug 2013 22:06:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	tgraf@...g.ch, andrei.otcheretianski@...el.com,
	ilan.peer@...el.com, stable@...r.kernel.org, pshelar@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3.11] genetlink: fix family dump race

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:54:57 +0200

> I think for the current code the fix would still be correct, I can
> change the commit message if you like.

I agree, please update the commit message and resubmit.

> For backporting, we'll have to check which tree has Pravin's change
> and which doesn't and change this accordingly, I suppose.

This is really tricky, because we'd need to also backport the fixes
for the regressions added by Pravin's change such as:

50754d2188b04a679a249fb57751542643a436e0
c74f2b2678f40b80265dd53556f1f778c8e1823f
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