netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] fou: avoid using sk_user

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2016 16:23:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:	simon.horman@...ronome.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	tom@...bertland.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] fou: avoid using sk_user_data before it is
 initialised

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 14:05:17 -0700

> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 1:59 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
>> Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 14:57:17 +0900
>>
>>> During initialisation sk->sk_user_data should not be used before
>>> it is initialised.
>>>
>>> Found by bisection after noticing the following:
>>  ...
>>> Fixes: d92283e338f6 ("fou: change to use UDP socket GRO")
>>> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
>>> ---
>>> v2
>>> * Updated implementation to simply access fou->protocol directly
>>>   as suggested by Tom Herbert and Cong Want
>>
>> I think this was resolved in another way meanwhile.  If a fix is still
>> needed, please respin.
> 
> This fix is only needed for -stable to backport, because Tom's
> fix is within a series of patches, which makes it hard to backport.

Ok, queued up for -stable.