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Re: [RFC] mac80211: fix possible tid_rx->reorder_timer use after free

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On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 14:43 +0100, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 02:07:57PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > I was actually thinking of using just del_timer(), but now that I think
> > about it, should anything prevent us from using del_timer_sync() inside
> > ieee80211_free_tid_rx?
> 
> Yes, call_rcu() callback can not sleep. Depending of RCU implementation
> callback can run with bottom half disabled.

del_timer_sync() doesn't really *sleep* though, even if it waits, so it
should be fine?

johannes

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