[PATCH 2/2][ATM]: fix possible recursive locking in skb_migrate()

2006-07-07 Thread chas williams - CONTRACTOR
please consider for 2.6.18 -- thanks! [ATM]: fix possible recursive locking in skb_migrate() ok this is a real potential deadlock in a way, it takes two locks of 2 skbuffs without doing any kind of lock ordering; I think the following patch should fix it. Just sort the lock taking order by addres

Re: [PATCH 2/2][ATM]: fix possible recursive locking in skb_migrate()

2006-07-08 Thread David Miller
From: "chas williams - CONTRACTOR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:50:23 -0400 > please consider for 2.6.18 -- thanks! > > [ATM]: fix possible recursive locking in skb_migrate() > > ok this is a real potential deadlock in a way, it takes two locks of 2 > skbuffs without doing any k