Re: [PATCH v3] RDMA/siw: Fix IPv6 addr_list locking

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On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 11:38:41AM +0200, Bernard Metzler wrote:
> Walking the address list of an inet6_dev requires
> appropriate locking. Since the called function
> siw_listen_address() may sleep, we have to use
> rtnl_lock() instead of read_lock_bh().
>
> Also introduces sanity checks if we got a device
> from in_dev_get() or in6_dev_get().
>
> Changes from v2:
> - Use plain version of list_for_each_entry
>   in exchange of list_for_each_entry_rcu.
>
> Changes from v1:
> - Remove rcu_read_lock()/_unlock().
> - Add check for IFA_F_TENTATIVE and
>   IFA_F_DEPRECATED flags.

You need to add changelogs after "---" line, they will be trimmed
automatically while applying to git.

Latest example:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/26ae8c4006cb31ee8c26fb821451d43732c7a35a.camel@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m75d9725823fd3f437298528c427dcfc3a0fe9050

Thanks



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