netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: don't use tw net when accounting for recycled tw

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Message-Id: <20090226.033554.143229118.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:35:54 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xemul@...nvz.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: don't use tw net when accounting for recycled tw

From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:31:55 +0300

> We already have a valid net in that place, but this is not just a
> cleanup - the tw pointer can be NULL there sometimes, thus causing
> an oops in NET_NS=y case.
> 
> The same place in ipv4 code already works correctly using existing 
> net, rather than tw's one.
> 
> The bug exists since 2.6.27.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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