Jiri Bohac 7aa8e63f0d ipv6: properly prevent temp_prefered_lft sysctl race ...

The check for an underflow of tmp_prefered_lft is always false
because tmp_prefered_lft is unsigned. The intention of the check
was to guard against racing with an update of the
temp_prefered_lft sysctl, potentially resulting in an underflow.

As suggested by David Miller, the best way to prevent the race is
by reading the sysctl variable using READ_ONCE.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>
Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Fixes: 76506a986d ("IPv6: fix DESYNC_FACTOR")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2016-10-20 14:29:11 -04:00

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