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authorPavel Emelyanov2008-02-23 19:57:02 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller2008-02-23 19:57:02 -0800
commitbc4bf5f38cf0a623e6a29f52ec80bfcc56a373c6 (patch)
tree44c9dab22f5d75d797845b54df07bd6da40bcc7e /lib/locking-selftest-spin-softirq.h
parent1840bb13c22f5b8fd2e242e36c8d6ea3f312be67 (diff)
[NEIGH]: Fix race between neighbor lookup and table's hash_rnd update.
The neigh_hash_grow() may update the tbl->hash_rnd value, which is used in all tbl->hash callbacks to calculate the hashval. Two lookup routines may race with this, since they call the ->hash callback without the tbl->lock held. Since the hash_rnd is changed with this lock write-locked moving the calls to ->hash under this lock read-locked closes this gap. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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