netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/5] l2tp: fix some l2tp_tunnel_find() issues in l2tp

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:35:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jchapman@...alix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/5] l2tp: fix some l2tp_tunnel_find() issues in
 l2tp_netlink

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 16:51:39 +0200

> Since l2tp_tunnel_find() doesn't take a reference on the tunnel it
> returns, its users are almost guaranteed to be racy.
> 
> This series defines l2tp_tunnel_get() which can be used as a safe
> replacement, and converts some of l2tp_tunnel_find() users in the
> l2tp_netlink module.
> 
> Other users often combine this issue with other more or less subtle
> races. They will be fixed incrementally in followup series.

Series applied, thank you.