netdev - Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 3/3] ixgbe: Fix set_ringparam in ixgbe to use the same memory pools.

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Message-Id: <20081226.013641.144674900.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:36:41 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jeff@...zik.org,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Subject: Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 3/3] ixgbe: Fix set_ringparam in ixgbe to use
 the same memory pools.

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:41 -0800

> The adapter rings are kcalloc()'d, but in set_ringparam() in ixgbe_ethtool,
> we replace that memory from the vmalloc() pool.  This can result in a NULL
> pointer reference when trying to modify the rings at a later time, or on
> device removal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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