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author | Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> | 2009-11-06 00:23:01 +0000 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-11-08 00:33:43 -0800 |
commit | 6755aebaaf9fc5416acfd4578ab7a1e122ecbc74 (patch) | |
tree | 09f23419b097b15e7c36954cb98bdf28cdfa5af1 /Documentation/DocBook | |
parent | cc05368c52fed7d9efa0f56c5270e95bb569713e (diff) |
can: should not use __dev_get_by_index() without locks
bcm_proc_getifname() is called with RTNL and dev_base_lock
not held. It calls __dev_get_by_index() without locks, and
this is illegal (might crash)
Close the race by holding dev_base_lock and copying dev->name
in the protected section.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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