netdev - Re: kernel BUG in ipmr_queue

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Message-ID: <CAOxq_8PvcQRtXdfWExC1fATSKo1XFzk-DabLa5r++_o4=nEY_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:10:31 -0700
From:	Ani Sinha <ani@...sta.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ani Sinha <ani@...rban.org>, fruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>
Subject: Re: kernel BUG in ipmr_queue_xmit()

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-10-30 at 10:47 -0700, Ani Sinha wrote:
>
>> for 32 bit archs, it does in SNMP_ADD_STATS64_USER()
>
> Sure. But x86 these days is 64bit, at 99 % maybe.
>
> We do not make changes that looks 'maybe better' for i486 or i586
>
> Just do the same that multiple similar patches did.
>
> Example :
>
> 757efd32d5ce31f67193cc0e6a56e4dffcc42fb1

OK thanks for pointing me to this. Seems we have a precedence for this
I will go ahead and send a patch as per your suggestion.
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