netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tipc: fix missing spinlock init and nullptr oops

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Date:	Fri, 5 Dec 2014 13:39:53 +0100
From:	Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@...csson.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	<jon.maloy@...csson.com>, <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
	<richard.alpe@...csson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tipc: fix missing spinlock init and nullptr oops

On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 04:58:40PM +0100, erik.hugne@...csson.com wrote:
> From: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@...csson.com>
> 
> commit 908344cdda80 ("tipc: fix bug in multicast congestion
> handling") introduced two bugs with the bclink wakeup
> function. This commit fixes the missing spinlock init for the
> waiting_sks list. We also eliminate the race condition
> between the waiting_sks length check/dequeue operations in
> tipc_bclink_wakeup_users by simply removing the redundant
> length check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@...csson.com>
> Acked-by: Tero Aho <Tero.Aho@...iant.com>

Richard found another issue during regression testing closely related
to this, I have dropped it from patchwork and he will send in
v2.

//E
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