netdev - Re: [PATCH] Revert "af-packet: Use existing netdev reference for bound sockets."

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Message-Id: <20131117.212812.2002429039119385634.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:28:12 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	noureddine@...stanetworks.com
Cc:	dborkman@...hat.com, willemb@...gle.com, phil@....cc,
	edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "af-packet: Use existing netdev reference for
 bound sockets."

From: Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...stanetworks.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:28:42 -0800

> This reverts commit 827d978037d7d0bf0860481948c6d26ead10042f.
> 
> The patch introduced a race condition between packet_snd and packet_notifier
> when a net_device is being unregistered. In the case of a bound socket,
> packet_notifier can drop the last reference to the net_device and packet_snd
> might be sending a packet over a freed net_device.

You need to provide a proper "Signed-off-by: ", you need to refer to
commits not just buy SHA1 ID but also by the commit header text in
parenthesis and double quotes.
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