We modify mirred action (m->tcfm_dev) in netdev event, we need to
prevent on-going mirred actions from reading freed m->tcfm_dev.
So we need to acquire this spin lock.
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
if (event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
list_for_each_entry(m, &mirred_list, tcfm_list) {
+ spin_lock_bh(&m->tcf_lock);
if (m->tcfm_dev == dev) {
dev_put(dev);
m->tcfm_dev = NULL;
}
+ spin_unlock_bh(&m->tcf_lock);
}
return NOTIFY_DONE;