From 372b2312010bece1e36f577d6c99a6193ec54cbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 13:56:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] net: use hlist_del_rcu() in dev_change_name() Using plain hlist_del() in dev_change_name() is wrong since a concurrent reader can crash trying to dereference LIST_POISON1. Bug introduced in commit 72c9528bab94 (net: Introduce dev_get_by_name_rcu()) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index b624fe4..30a4078 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ rollback: } write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock); - hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist); + hlist_del_rcu(&dev->name_hlist); write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock); synchronize_rcu(); -- 2.7.4