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From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netlink: make sure -EBUSY won't escape from netlink_insert
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:05:38 +0200
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	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On 09/18/2015 04:09 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:47:12AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Christoph Paasch
>> <christoph.paasch@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> can this patch get queued up for 4.1 as well?
>>> It seems to fix a similar issue in 4.1.6.
>>
>> I think Herbert has an additional patch for this issue. But yes, I
>> think should be scheduled for stable. Herbert?
>
> Yes this should be safe for stable, even though the real cause of
> the problem is probably the one that Tejun spotted.

Yes, agreed.

Thanks,
Daniel