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Date:	Tue, 20 May 2008 15:12:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	den@...nvz.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	robert.olsson@....uu.se, greearb@...delatech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] pktgen: make sure that pktgen_thread_worker has
 been executed

From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:59:47 +0400

> The following courruption can happen during pktgen stop:
> list_del corruption. prev->next should be ffff81007e8a5e70, but was 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b
> kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:67!
>       :pktgen:pktgen_thread_worker+0x374/0x10b0
>       ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
>       ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x42/0x80
>       ? :pktgen:pktgen_thread_worker+0x0/0x10b0
>       kthread+0x4d/0x80
>       child_rip+0xa/0x12
>       ? restore_args+0x0/0x30
>       ? kthread+0x0/0x80
>       ? child_rip+0x0/0x12
> RIP  list_del+0x48/0x70
> 
> The problem is that pktgen_thread_worker can not be executed if kthread_stop
> has been called too early. Insert a completion on the normal initialization
> path to make sure that pktgen_thread_worker will gain the control for sure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@...nvz.org>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> Cc: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@....uu.se>
> Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
> Acked-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...nvz.org>

Patch applied, thanks a lot Denis!
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