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H A D | ip6_output.c | diff 7f88c6b23afbd31545c676dea77ba9593a1a14bf Thu Nov 28 23:39:44 CST 2013 Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> ipv6: fix possible seqlock deadlock in ip6_finish_output2
IPv6 stats are 64 bits and thus are protected with a seqlock. By not disabling bottom-half we could deadlock here if we don't disable bh and a softirq reentrantly updates the same mib.
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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