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diff --git a/net/ax25/TODO b/net/ax25/TODO new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4089c49e45c --- /dev/null +++ b/net/ax25/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Do the ax25_list_lock, ax25_dev_lock, linkfail_lockreally, ax25_frag_lock and +listen_lock have to be bh-safe? + +Do the netrom and rose locks have to be bh-safe? + +A device might be deleted after lookup in the SIOCADDRT ioctl but before it's +being used. + +Routes to a device being taken down might be deleted by ax25_rt_device_down +but added by somebody else before the device has been deleted fully. + +Massive amounts of lock_kernel / unlock_kernel are just a temporary solution to +get around the removal of SOCKOPS_WRAP. A serious locking strategy has to be +implemented. + +The ax25_rt_find_route synopsys is pervert but I somehow had to deal with +the race caused by the static variable in it's previous implementation. + +Implement proper socket locking in netrom and rose. + +Check socket locking when ax25_rcv is sending to raw sockets. In particular +ax25_send_to_raw() seems fishy. Heck - ax25_rcv is fishy. + +Handle XID and TEST frames properly. |