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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3.8-rc] tuntap: refuse to re-attach to different tun_struct
On 01/11/2013 06:39 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:59:48 +0100
>
>> Multiqueue tun devices support detaching a tun_file from its tun_struct
>> and re-attaching at a later point in time. This allows users to disable
>> a specific queue temporarily.
>>
>> ioctl(TUNSETIFF) allows the user to specify the network interface to
>> attach by name. This means the user can attempt to attach to interface
>> "B" after detaching from interface "A".
>>
>> The driver is not designed to support this so check we are re-attaching
>> to the right tun_struct. Failure to do so may lead to oops.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> Applied.
Hi David:

Any chance that I can have a respin on this patch, there's still a bug
after this patch. Or I just can send a patch on top?

Thanks


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