tipc: ensure all name sequences are properly protected with its lock
TIPC internally created a name table which is used to store name sequences. Now there is a read-write lock - tipc_nametbl_lock to protect the table, and each name sequence saved in the table is protected with its private lock. When a name sequence is inserted or removed to or from the table, its members might need to change. Therefore, in normal case, the two locks must be held while TIPC operates the table. However, there are still several places where we only hold tipc_nametbl_lock without proprerly obtaining name sequence lock, which might cause the corruption of name sequence. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com> Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com> Tested-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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