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Message-ID: <4BD0C5DD.4040304@ruggedcom.com> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:55:41 -0400 From: Michael Barkowski <michaelbarkowski@...gedcom.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> CC: "khc@...waw.pl" <khc@...waw.pl>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] WAN: flush tx_queue in hdlc_ppp to prevent panic on rmmod hw_driver. David Miller wrote: > From: Michael Barkowski <michaelbarkowski@...gedcom.com> > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:17:13 -0400 > >> Krzysztof Halasa wrote: >>> tx_queue is used as a temporary queue when not allowed to queue skb >>> directly to the hw device driver (which may sleep). Most paths flush >>> it before returning, but ppp_start() currently cannot. Make sure we >>> don't leave skbs pointing to a non-existent device. >>> >>> Thanks to Michael Barkowski for reporting this problem. >> Great - thanks. Will this be going into -stable? > > When I think it's cooked long enough in Linus's tree and > I submit it there. That can take a few weeks. > Super. By the way, should have mentioned - tested and works for me -- Michael Barkowski -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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