Re: [net-next 1/1] tipc: fix race condition at topology server receive

2018-01-16 Thread David Miller
From: Jon Maloy Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:56:28 +0100 > We have identified a race condition during reception of socket > events and messages in the topology server. > > - The function tipc_close_conn() is releasing the corresponding > struct tipc_subscriber instance without considering that th

[net-next 1/1] tipc: fix race condition at topology server receive

2018-01-15 Thread Jon Maloy
We have identified a race condition during reception of socket events and messages in the topology server. - The function tipc_close_conn() is releasing the corresponding struct tipc_subscriber instance without considering that there may still be items in the receive work queue. When those are