netdev - Re: [Bug 11633] Kernel panic after patch f3994eceebf64cf356a82ffb2718ef538eb8d4f4

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Date:	Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:49:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bug 11633] Kernel panic after patch
 f3994eceebf64cf356a82ffb2718ef538eb8d4f4

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:36:22 +0800

> Here's the fix.
> 
> ipsec: Fix pskb_expand_head corruption in xfrm_state_check_space
> 
> We're never supposed to shrink the headroom or tailroom.  In fact,
> shrinking the headroom is a fatal action.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Thanks a lot for diagnosing this and writing the patch Herbert.

I'll integrate this when I next get a chance.
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