[patch 03/16] [EBTABLES]: Fix smp race.

[Chris Wright]

The patch below fixes an smp race that happens on such systems under
heavy load.
This bug was reported and solved by Steve Herrell
<steve_herrell@xxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.11.10.orig/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c	2005-05-20 09:36:00.942030616 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.11.10/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c	2005-05-20 09:36:18.350384144 -0700
@@ -179,9 +179,10 @@
 	struct ebt_chainstack *cs;
 	struct ebt_entries *chaininfo;
 	char *base;
-	struct ebt_table_info *private = table->private;
+	struct ebt_table_info *private;
 
 	read_lock_bh(&table->lock);
+	private = table->private;
 	cb_base = COUNTER_BASE(private->counters, private->nentries,
 	   smp_processor_id());
 	if (private->chainstack)
-
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