netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net/ipv6: Correct PIM6 mrt

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Date:	Wed, 2 Sep 2015 22:08:51 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	Richard Laing <richard.laing@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net/ipv6: Correct PIM6 mrt_lock handling

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Richard Laing
<richard.laing@...iedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
> In the IPv6 multicast routing code the mrt_lock was not being released
> correctly in the MFC iterator, as a result adding or deleting a MIF would
> cause a hang because the mrt_lock could not be acquired.
>
> This fix is a copy of the code for the IPv4 case and ensures that the lock
> is released correctly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Laing <richard.laing@...iedtelesis.co.nz>

Good catch!

Acked-by: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>

Needs to go to -stable too.
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