netdev - Re: Crashes in xfrm

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Date:	Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:28:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	timo.teras@....fi
Cc:	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Crashes in xfrm_lookup

From: Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:24:41 +0300

> Mark Brown wrote:
>> With -next as of today I'm experiencing crashes in the xfrm_lookup
>> code
>> when attempting to boot from an NFS root on a SMDK6410 (an ARM based
>> development board).  I'm currently investigating what's gone wrong,
>> but
>> thought it was better to report early in case it's obvious to someone
>> familiar with the code or there's a fix already.
> 
> Probably the same as http://marc.info/?t=127071006600005&r=1&w=2
> 
> Happens because CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY is not enabled, and one of
> the helper functions I used did unexpected things in that case.
> 
> Try the following:

Since this fix has been confirmed I'm applying it to net-next-2.6,
thanks!
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