Merge branch 'netdev_unregister_races'
Julian Anastasov says: ==================== net: fixes for device unregistration Test script from Eric W. Biederman can catch a problem where packets from backlog are processed long after the last synchronize_net call. This can be reproduced after few tests if commit 381c759d ("ipv4: Avoid crashing in ip_error") is reverted for the test. Incoming packets do not hold reference to device but even if they do, subsystems do not expect packets to fly during and after the NETDEV_UNREGISTER event. The first fix has the cost of netif_running check in fast path. The second fix calls rcu_read_lock while local IRQ is disabled, I hope this is not against the rules. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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