mac80211: Check size of a new mesh path table for changes since allocation.

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Not sure if I'm chasing a ghost here, seems like the
mesh_path->size_order needs to be inside an RCU-read section to prevent
that value from changing between table allocation and copying.  We have
observed crashes that might be caused by this.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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Javier Cardona 2011-05-03 16:57:15 -07:00 • committed by John W. Linville

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net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c

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