Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipvs: add missing lock in ip_vs_ftp_init_conn()

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:07:57 +0200

Hi Simon,

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 09:19:22AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> From: Xiaotian Feng <[email-masked]>
> 
> We met a kernel panic in 2.6.32.43 kernel:
[...]
>  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
> index b20b29c..c2bc264 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
> @@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ static int ip_vs_ftp_pasv;
>  static int
>  ip_vs_ftp_init_conn(struct ip_vs_app *app, struct ip_vs_conn *cp)
>  {
> +	spin_lock(&cp->lock);
>  	/* We use connection tracking for the command connection */
>  	cp->flags |= IP_VS_CONN_F_NFCT;
> +	spin_unlock(&cp->lock);
>  	return 0;

The conntrack support for FTP IPVS helper seems to be there since
2.6.37.

However, the patch description mentions 2.6.32.43.

Something doesn't match here, could you clarify this?

Thanks.