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Re: [PATCH] AX.25 UID fixes

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] AX.25 UID fixes
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:24:43 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20050822111038.GA7545@linux-mips.org>
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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:10:38 +0100

>  o Brown paperbag bug - ax25_findbyuid() was always returning a NULL pointer
>    as the result.  Breaks ROSE completly and AX.25 if UID policy set to deny.
> 
>  o While the list structure of AX.25's UID to callsign mapping table was
>    properly protected by a spinlock, it's elements were not refcounted
>    resulting in a race between removal and usage of an element.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Ralf.

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