netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/5] ppp: lock ppp structure before modifying mru in ppp

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Message-Id: <20160225.152457.207063136252739704.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:24:57 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/5] ppp: lock ppp structure before modifying mru
 in ppp_ioctl()

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:16:55 +0100

> Understood. Just to be sure, does patch #2 falls under lack of
> demonstration? Or should I repost it separately?

Please repost it if you feel this way, with the race and corruption
possibility explained in detail in the commit log message.

Thanks.