From: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:35:15 -0800
> From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> > > While testing the np->opt RCU conversion, I found that UDP/IPv6 was > using a mixture of xchg() and sk_dst_lock to protect concurrent changes > to sk->sk_dst_cache, leading to possible corruptions and crashes. > > ip6_sk_dst_lookup_flow() uses sk_dst_check() anyway, so the simplest > way to fix the mess is to remove sk_dst_lock completely, as we did for > IPv4. > > __ip6_dst_store() and ip6_dst_store() share same implementation. > > sk_setup_caps() being called with socket lock being held or not, > we have to use sk_dst_set() instead of __sk_dst_set() > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com> > Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyu...@google.com> Please update the commit log message with the details you provided in a reply to this thread. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
