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tipc: make media_ptr pointed netdevice valid
authorYing Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Mon, 21 Apr 2014 02:55:49 +0000 (10:55 +0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:17:53 +0000 (21:17 -0400)
commit8e884e5bc4b2ac97a12c7a7ea8d5b92bcf13d15c
tree2d693909807175458e181073041ec2d63cdb3fa0
parentdc16217e417b459dfd487ea699a299a82278d8bf
tipc: make media_ptr pointed netdevice valid

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>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/tipc/bearer.c