From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost-net: Acquire device lock when releasing device Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:45:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20111126.154503.1317670837061338352.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1321607982-16283-1-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mst@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: levinsasha928@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:39651 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753603Ab1KZUpL (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:45:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1321607982-16283-1-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Sasha Levin Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:19:42 +0200 > Device lock should be held when releasing a device, and specifically > when calling vhost_dev_cleanup(). Otherwise, RCU complains about it: ... > Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" > Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org > Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Michael et al., are you guys going to gather this fix or should I apply it directly to thet net tree? Thanks.