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

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Date:	Sat, 05 Sep 2015 17:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	richard.laing@...iedtelesis.co.nz
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jmorris@...ei.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net/ipv6: Correct PIM6 mrt_lock handling

From: Richard Laing <richard.laing@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Date: Thu,  3 Sep 2015 13:52:31 +1200

> 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>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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