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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 21:55:29 -0700
From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To: "'Shawn Bohrer'" <shawn.bohrer@...il.com>
cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.32.21 bnx2_napi->hw_tx_cons_ptr NULL pointer
dereference
Shawn Bohrer wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 03:58:12PM -0700, Michael Chan wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 15:44 -0700, Shawn Bohrer wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > While testing 2.6.32.21 I had the following Oops occur on
> one of my
> > > machines:
> >
> > This has been fixed by this patch:
> >
> > commit 4327ba435a56ada13eedf3eb332e583c7a0586a9
> >
> > bnx2: Fix netpoll crash.
> >
> > But it caused a regression which was later fixed by this patch:
> >
> > commit f048fa9c8686119c3858a463cab6121dced7c0bf
> >
> > bnx2: Fix hang during rmmod bnx2.
> >
> > Both patches are in 2.6.34.2. Thanks.
>
> Is there any reason these can't/shouldn't be applied to the 2.6.32.y
> stable series? It looks like they apply cleanly.
>
No reason. I just didn't know how far back to apply these patches.
The crash was triggered by changes in netpoll some time ago and
the problem has been present for some time.
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