From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] strparser: Use delayed work instead of timer for msg timeout Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:37:34 +0900 (KST) Message-ID: <20171025.103734.2060313797225120171.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20171020234043.2629-1-tom@quantonium.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com To: tom@quantonium.net Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:41886 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751870AbdJYBhi (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:37:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20171020234043.2629-1-tom@quantonium.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Tom Herbert Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:40:43 -0700 > Sock lock may be taken in the message timer function which is a > problem since timers run in BH. Instead of timers use delayed_work. > > Reported-by: Eric Dumazet > Fixes: bbb03029a899 ("strparser: Generalize strparser") > Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert Since this bug exists in 'net' I've applied this patch there. Thanks.