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From: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] llc: fix a device refcount imbalance
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:49:11 +0200
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On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 05:46 +0200, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 09:59 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:03:26 +0100
> > 
> > > [PATCH net-2.6] llc: fix a device refcount imbalance
> > > 
> > > commit abf9d537fea225 (llc: add support for SO_BINDTODEVICE) added one
> > > refcount imbalance in llc_ui_bind(), because dev_getbyhwaddr() doesnt
> > > take a reference on device, while dev_get_by_index() does.
> > > 
> > > Fix this using RCU locking. And since an RCU conversion will be done for
> > > 2.6.38 for dev_getbyhwaddr(), put the rcu_read_lock/unlock exactly at
> > > their final place.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Applied and queued up for -stable.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Could I kindly ask if my patch is accepted?
> 
> Best regards,
> 	Maxim Levitsky
> 

Anybody?

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky