On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 03:41:17PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> > xlate_send_packet() locks xlate_rwlock before it looks up the xport,
> > but at the end it unlocks xlate_rwlock before it dereferences
> > xport->xbridge->dpif.  Is the latter dereference safe, that is, does
> > anything guarantee that 'xport' and 'xbridge' aren't destroyed?
> 
> No that's definitely not safe.  Should be changed.

Is it sufficient to do dpif = xport->xbridge->dpif inside the lock and
then use 'dpif' afterward?
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