netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] strparser: Use delayed work instead of timer for msg timeout

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Message-Id: <20171025.103734.2060313797225120171.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:37:34 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tom@...ntonium.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] strparser: Use delayed work instead of timer
 for msg timeout

From: Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:40:43 -0700

> Sock lock may be taken in the message timer function which is a
> problem since timers run in BH. Instead of timers use delayed_work.
> 
> Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Fixes: bbb03029a899 ("strparser: Generalize strparser")
> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>

Since this bug exists in 'net' I've applied this patch there.

Thanks.