Re: [PATCH 1/2] tuntap: forbid calling TUNSETIFF when detached

Jason Wang
2013-01-12T02:31:12Z

On 01/11/2013 10:42 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 04:50:41PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> @@ -1546,6 +1544,9 @@ static int tun_set_iff(struct net *net, struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
>> struct net_device *dev;
>> int err;
>>
>> + if (rcu_dereference_protected(tfile->detached, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()))
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
> How come none of the other tfile->detached users call rcu_*()?

Right, no need to use rcu, the access were protected by rtnl lock.

Will repost.
> Stefan
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