netdev - Re: vhost_dev_cleanup() crash: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

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Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:19:34 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: vhost_dev_cleanup() crash: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL
 pointer dereference


* Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> [PATCH] vhost: stop worker only if created

This seems to have done the trick, thanks Eric.

Tested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

> Its illegal to call kthread_stop(NULL)

s/illegal/invalid

Thanks,

	Ingo
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