netdev - Re: [PATCH next 02/84] ipvs: Don't use current in proc_do_defense

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Message-ID: <20150923010648.GC17817@verge.net.au>
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:06:48 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
	lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org, Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
Subject: Re: [PATCH next 02/84] ipvs: Don't use current in
 proc_do_defense_mode

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 01:01:39PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Instead store ipvs in extra2 so that proc_do_defense_mode can easily
> find the ipvs that it's value is associated with.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

I am wondering if this fix should be included in v4.3 and stable.
Can the problem occur in practice?
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