netdev - Re: + oops-in-drivers-net-shaperc.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-Id: <E1HAbgn-00039h-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:45:05 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	davem@...emloft.net (David Miller)
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, deweerdt@...e.fr,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, frederik.deweerdt@...il.com,
	shemminger@...l.org
Subject: Re: + oops-in-drivers-net-shaperc.patch added to -mm tree

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> 
> Shaper is actually OK.  None of these hardware header callbacks
> should be invoked if the device is down.  Yet, this is what is
> accidently being allowed in the AF_PACKET socket layer.

Hmm, what if the device goes down after the check?

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