From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.15.4 1/1][RFC] ipt_owner: inode match supporting both incoming and outgoing packets Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:25:12 +0000 Message-ID: <20060218122512.GG911@infradead.org> References: <200602181410.59757.edwin.torok@level7.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org, fireflier-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, martinmaurer@gmx.at Return-path: To: T?r?k Edwin Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200602181410.59757.edwin.torok@level7.ro> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org > - I need to lock the task_list > - task_list lock export might be gone some day? yes. in exactly half a year from now, and no new users are not allowed. > - is locking tasklist when inside a softirq allowed? no. for that reason we already removed a broken match from ipt_owner.