netdev - Re: 3.0: unexpected route cache entry for wrong segment?

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Date:	Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:03:33 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: 3.0: unexpected route cache entry for wrong segment?

Le mercredi 15 février 2012 à 16:57 +0400, Michael Tokarev a écrit :

> 3.0.21 included "net: fix NULL dereferences in check_peer_redir()" patch
> (which is somewhat large(ish) - I wonder why it has been rolled into
> single patch while in reality it consists of 7 commits; and I wonder
> why the final result is different from current version in check_peer_redir()
> routine, which I mentioned in my other email in this thread), but that
> one does not seem to address this very issue - from a quick view anyway.

That was the tricky part handled by David.

We couldnt apply all needed commits without bringing too many things
from recent kernels to 3.0  (out of stable scope)

If you believe a fix is needed, just shout :)



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