netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] e1000e: stop cleaning when we reach tx_ring->next_to

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Message-Id: <20100401.193355.255461107.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	terry.loftin@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] e1000e: stop cleaning when we reach
 tx_ring->next_to_use

From: Terry Loftin <terry.loftin@...com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:01:52 -0600

> Tx ring buffers after tx_ring->next_to_use are volatile and could
> change, possibly causing a crash.  Stop cleaning when we hit
> tx_ring->next_to_use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Terry Loftin <terry.loftin@...com>

Intel folks please look carefully at this fix.  I want to
get it into net-2.6 if it's correct.

Thanks.
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