netdev - Re: [NET]: Messed multicast lists after dev_mc

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Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:38:34 +0200 (EET)
From:	Pekka Savola <pekkas@...core.fi>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [NET]: Messed multicast lists after dev_mc_sync/unsync

This seems to have missed 2.6.24.3 (also 2.6.23.17), hopefully the 
next stable will have it.

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, David Miller wrote:
> From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:56:59 +0100
>
>>     [NET]: Messed multicast lists after dev_mc_sync/unsync
>>
>>     Commit a0a400d79e3dd7843e7e81baa3ef2957bdc292d0 from you
>>     introduced a new field "da_synced" to struct dev_addr_list that is
>>     not properly initialized to 0. So when any of the current users (8021q,
>>     macvlan, mac80211) calls dev_mc_sync/unsync they mess the address
>>     list for both devices.
>>
>>     The attached patch fixed it for me and avoid future problems.
>>
>>     Signed-off-by: Jorge Boncompte [DTI2] <jorge@...2.net>
>>     Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
>
> I've added the headline description of the referenced commit
> to this commit message, and will queue this up to -stable.
>
> Thanks!
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