netdev - Re: 2.6.22-rc4-mm2 -- ipw2200 -- SIOCSIFADDR: No buffer space available

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:35:17 -0700
From:	"Miles Lane" <miles.lane@...il.com>
To:	"Björn Steinbrink" <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Miles Lane" <miles.lane@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Herbert Xu" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc4-mm2 -- ipw2200 -- SIOCSIFADDR: No buffer space available

On 6/7/07, Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de> wrote:
[...]
> Miles, could you try if this patch helps?
>
> Björn
>
>
> Stop destroying devices when all of their ifas are gone, as we no longer
> recreate them when ifas are added.
>
> Signed-off-by: Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>
> --
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
> index fa97b96..abf6352 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
> @@ -327,12 +327,8 @@ static void __inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
>                 }
>
>         }
> -       if (destroy) {
> +       if (destroy)
>                 inet_free_ifa(ifa1);
> -
> -               if (!in_dev->ifa_list)
> -                       inetdev_destroy(in_dev);
> -       }
>  }
>
>  static void inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
>

Björn,

Thanks.  You patch worked for me.

             Miles
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