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[net-next,08/11] tipc: make media_ptr pointed netdevice valid

Message ID 1398048952-7825-9-git-send-email-ying.xue@windriver.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Ying Xue April 21, 2014, 2:55 a.m. UTC 
The 'media_ptr' pointer in bearer structure which points to network
device, is protected by RCU. So, before netdevice is released,
synchronize_net() should be involved to prevent no any user of
the netdevice on read side from accessing it after it is freed.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
Tested-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com>
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 net/tipc/bearer.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index 1bd96eb..402e994 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@  void tipc_disable_l2_media(struct tipc_bearer *b)
 	dev = (struct net_device *)rtnl_dereference(b->media_ptr);
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(b->media_ptr, NULL);
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->tipc_ptr, NULL);
+	synchronize_net();
 	dev_put(dev);
 }