Re: [PATCH rdma-next 6/6] RDMA/cma: Protect cma dev list with lock

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On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 01:08:55PM -0400, Dennis Dalessandro wrote:
> On 8/28/2018 7:45 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > From: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > When AF_IB addresses are used during rdma_resolve_addr(), currently lock
> > is not held. A cma device can get removed while such list traversal is
> > in progress which may lead to crash.
> >
> > Therefore, hold a lock while traversing the list which avoids such
> > situation.
> > This patch is not tested. It was discovered during code review.
> >
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.10
> > Fixes: f17df3b0d ("RDMA/cma: Add support for AF_IB to rdma_resolve_addr()")
> > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Really? You are sending something to stable that hasn't been tested?
>

Why are you saying that?

Thanks,

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