netdev - Re: [PATCH stable-2.6.32] Phonet: disable network namespace support

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Message-Id: <20100917.160347.233870631.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:03:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	remi@...lab.net
Cc:	lkml@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable-2.6.32] Phonet: disable network namespace support

From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@...lab.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:36:46 +0300

> From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
> 
> Network namespace in the Phonet socket stack causes an OOPS when a
> namespace is destroyed. This occurs as the loopback exit_net handler is
> called after the Phonet exit_net handler, and re-enters the Phonet
> stack. I cannot think of any nice way to fix this in kernel <= 2.6.32.
> 
> For lack of a better solution, disable namespace support completely.
> If you need that, upgrade to a newer kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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