netdev - RE: [PANIC] lro + iscsi or lro + skb text search causes panic

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Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:45:16 -0800
From:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tgraf@...g.ch" <tgraf@...g.ch>, "kkeil@...e.de" <kkeil@...e.de>,
	"michaelc@...wisc.edu" <michaelc@...wisc.edu>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PANIC] lro + iscsi or lro + skb text search causes panic

Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:55:21PM -0800, Brandeburg, Jesse wrote:
>> I've filed this bugzilla a while ago.
>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11804
>> now other customers are becoming interested as well
> 
> Does this patch help?
> 
> net: Fix frag_list handling in skb_seq_read
> 
> The frag_list handling was broken ini skb_seq_read:
> 
> 1) We didn't add the stepped offset when looking at the head
> are of fragments other than the first.
> 
> 2) The frag index wasn't reset.
> 
> This patch fixes both issues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Herbert, thanks! the patch looks promsing, but we have to setup the repro again.
I'll have a tester take a look at it tomorrow or Monday, and let you know then.

Thanks!
  Jesse--
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