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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 21:55:29 -0700 From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com> To: "'Shawn Bohrer'" <shawn.bohrer@...il.com> cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org> Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.32.21 bnx2_napi->hw_tx_cons_ptr NULL pointer dereference Shawn Bohrer wrote: > On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 03:58:12PM -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 15:44 -0700, Shawn Bohrer wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > While testing 2.6.32.21 I had the following Oops occur on > one of my > > > machines: > > > > This has been fixed by this patch: > > > > commit 4327ba435a56ada13eedf3eb332e583c7a0586a9 > > > > bnx2: Fix netpoll crash. > > > > But it caused a regression which was later fixed by this patch: > > > > commit f048fa9c8686119c3858a463cab6121dced7c0bf > > > > bnx2: Fix hang during rmmod bnx2. > > > > Both patches are in 2.6.34.2. Thanks. > > Is there any reason these can't/shouldn't be applied to the 2.6.32.y > stable series? It looks like they apply cleanly. > No reason. I just didn't know how far back to apply these patches. The crash was triggered by changes in netpoll some time ago and the problem has been present for some time. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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