From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nf_conntrack_sip: fix by making helper pointers thread-local
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:28:56 +0200
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adobriyan@gmail.com wrote:
> Patrick, do I read correctly that ->help hook can run concurrently with itself?
> 
> If yes, apply this patch to fix potential crashes and all sorts of
> nasties.
> 
> 
> 
> [PATCH] nf_conntrack_sip: de-static helper pointers
> 
> Helper's ->help hook can run concurrently with itself, so iterating over
> SIP helpers with static pointer won't work reliably.


Crap. Good catch, thanks a lot. Applied and I'll push it to -stable.