Re: resend patch: xfrm policybyid

[jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2005-06-05 at 07:32 +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
                        
> > +   if (delp && excl) { 
> > +           ret = -EEXIST;
> > +           goto pol_err;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   /* insert, sorted by prio*/
> >     write_lock_bh(&xfrm_policy_lock);
> 
> This is still racy since delp can be killed by timers before you get
> the lock.

Ok, Herbert - this is fixable: I take it moving the lock one up is
sufficient; i dont mind if you fix it and add it to your list.

BTW, are the event patches in Davems queue somewhere?
I have a few ipsec ones (cosmetic) that i will send later.

cheers,
jamal