netdev - Re: [stable] [BUG] net: fix /proc/net/snmp as memory corruptor

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Message-Id: <20081114.222320.193686818.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:23:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	greg@...ah.com
Cc:	dada1@...mosbay.com, stable@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [BUG] net: fix /proc/net/snmp as memory corruptor

From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:10:15 -0800

> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 06:08:48AM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > Hello Greg
> > 
> > A patch was submited about /proc/net/snmp being a memory corruptor and not SMP safe
> > 
> > (commit b971e7ac834e9f4bda96d5a96ae9abccd01c1dd8)
> > 
> > These bugs are present on 2.6.26 & 2.6.27.
> 
> I looking at this, it doesn't seem to apply at all to the .27 tree.  If
> David doesn't object, care to backport it there and send it to
> stable@...nel.org?

No objection.
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