netdev - RE: [patch 10/10] forcedeth: work around NULL skb dereference crash

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Message-ID: <DBFABB80F7FD3143A911F9E6CFD477B0189CB20B@hqemmail02.nvidia.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:34:47 -0700
From:	"Ayaz Abdulla" <AAbdulla@...dia.com>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	<jeff@...zik.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [patch 10/10] forcedeth: work around NULL skb dereference crash

I had responded eariler to the thread asking you to try out the patch
found in bug 8058:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8058

I believe that is the caush of the NULL skb dereference issue.

Thanks,
Ayaz


-----Original Message-----
From: Ingo Molnar [mailto:mingo@...e.hu] 
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 4:53 AM
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: jeff@...zik.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Ayaz Abdulla
Subject: Re: [patch 10/10] forcedeth: work around NULL skb dereference
crash


* akpm@...ux-foundation.org <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> 
> work around a NULL skb dereference crash that occurs during high load.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

ping? No reaction from the forcedeth.c maintainer, yet.

	Ingo
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