Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Duncan Sands <> | | Subject | Re: possible recursive locking in ATM layer | | Date | Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:23:33 +0200 |
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> ok this is a real potential deadlock in a way, it takes two locks of 2 > skbuffs without doing any kind of lock ordering; I think the following > patch should fix it. Just sort the lock taking order by address of the > skb.. it's not pretty but it's the best this can do in a minimally > invasive way.
The patch is effective. Thanks for making it!
Best wishes,
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