ifb: should not use __dev_get_by_index() without locks
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:35:50 +0000 (02:35 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:54:19 +0000 (21:54 -0700)
At this point (ri_tasklet()), RTNL or dev_base_lock are not held,
we must use dev_get_by_index() instead of __dev_get_by_index()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ifb.c

index 801f088c134f81370bcca650c30e2a33c2dd6b05..030913f8bd26ef40876170abad2fb93e7215e16e 100644 (file)
@@ -98,12 +98,13 @@ static void ri_tasklet(unsigned long dev)
                stats->tx_packets++;
                stats->tx_bytes +=skb->len;
 
-               skb->dev = __dev_get_by_index(&init_net, skb->iif);
+               skb->dev = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, skb->iif);
                if (!skb->dev) {
                        dev_kfree_skb(skb);
                        stats->tx_dropped++;
                        break;
                }
+               dev_put(skb->dev);
                skb->iif = _dev->ifindex;
 
                if (from & AT_EGRESS) {