netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/5] igb: set num_rx/tx_queues to 0 when queues are freed

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Message-Id: <20090402.005955.238686335.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:59:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] igb: set num_rx/tx_queues to 0 when queues are
 freed

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:38:19 -0700

> An issue was seen on suspend in which the system reported a page fault.  This
> was due to the new reg_idx code being called after the queues were freed.
> 
> This update prevents any for loops from going through the queues by setting
> the number of queues to 0 when they are freed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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