netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netlink: make sure -EBUSY won't escape from netlink

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Message-ID: <20150918020922.GA30070@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:09:22 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Christoph Paasch <christoph.paasch@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netlink: make sure -EBUSY won't escape from
 netlink_insert

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:47:12AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Christoph Paasch
> <christoph.paasch@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > can this patch get queued up for 4.1 as well?
> > It seems to fix a similar issue in 4.1.6.
> 
> I think Herbert has an additional patch for this issue. But yes, I
> think should be scheduled for stable. Herbert?

Yes this should be safe for stable, even though the real cause of
the problem is probably the one that Tejun spotted.

Cheers,
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