netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] sctp: fix the race condition in sctp_destroy

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Message-ID: <YJmFKVqZWDRe5Rzn@eldamar.lan>
Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 21:10:33 +0200
From:   Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:     network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        Or Cohen <orcohen@...oaltonetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] sctp: fix the race condition in
 sctp_destroy_sock in a proper way

Hi Xin,

On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 05:11:40AM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> The original fix introduced a dead lock, and has to be removed in
> Patch 1/2, and we will get a proper way to fix it in Patch 2/2.
> 
> Xin Long (2):
>   Revert "net/sctp: fix race condition in sctp_destroy_sock"
>   sctp: delay auto_asconf init until binding the first addr
> 
>  net/sctp/socket.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

The original commit which got reverted in this series, was already
applied to several stable series, namely all of 4.4.268, 4.9.268,
4.14.232, 4.19.189, 5.4.114, 5.10.32, 5.11.16.

Is it planned to do the revert and bugfix in those as well?

Regards,
Salvatore