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Revision 293035479942400a7fe8e4f72465d4e4e466b91a authored by Vlad Yasevich on 16 September 2007, 23:02:12 UTC, committed by David S. Miller on 16 September 2007, 23:02:12 UTC
sctp_localaddr_list is modified dynamically via NETDEV_UP
and NETDEV_DOWN events, but there is not synchronization
between writer (even handler) and readers.  As a result,
the readers can access an entry that has been freed and
crash the sytem.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Sridhar Samdurala <sri@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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History
Tip revision: 293035479942400a7fe8e4f72465d4e4e466b91a authored by Vlad Yasevich on 16 September 2007, 23:02:12 UTC
[SCTP]: Add RCU synchronization around sctp_localaddr_list
Tip revision: 2930354
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