linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] set fake_rtable's dst to NULL to avoid kernel Oops.

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Message-ID: <20120418234649.0bcb3872@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:46:49 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	"Peter Huang(Peng)" <peter.huangpeng@...wei.com>
Cc:	"'David S. Miller'" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	ctrix+debianbugs@...ynet.it, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	harry.majun@...wei.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	peter.huangpeng@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] set fake_rtable's dst to NULL to avoid kernel Oops.

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:27:01 +0800
"Peter Huang(Peng)" <peter.huangpeng@...wei.com> wrote:

> When bridge is deleted before tap/vif device's delete, kernel may 
> encounter an oops because of NULL reference to fake_rtable's dst.
> Set fake_rtable's dst to NULL before sending packets out can solve this 
> problem.
> 
> v3 enrich commit header
> 
> v2 added a new flag DST_FAKE_RTABLE to dst_entry struct.
> 
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Huang <peter.huangpeng@...wei.com>

I am okay with the contents of the patch but the formatting is all
botched. It adds bad indentation and whitespace, please run it
through checkpatch. 

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