Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:22:39 +0600 | From | "Alexander E. Patrakov" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.16.7 |
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Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 12:58:07PM +0600, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > >> Greg KH wrote: >> >>> -EXTRAVERSION = .6 >>> +EXTRAVERSION = .7 >>> >> Hello, I would like to know if there is a plan to include this in the next >> -stable update? >> >> http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blobdiff;h=2731570eba5b35a21c311dd587057c39805082f1;hp=dfb62998866ae2e298139164a85ec0757b7f3fc7;hb=9469d458b90bfb9117cbb488cfa645d94c3921b1;f=net/core/dev.c >> > > No one has submitted it to the stable@kernel.org mail address from what > I can see, so no, it is not in the queue. If you think otherwise, > please send it. > Without that patch, there is a race when registering network interfaces and renaming it with udev rules, because initially the "address" in sysfs doesn't contain useful data. See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114460338900002&r=1&w=2
Breaking the recommended way of assigning persistent network interface names is, IMHO, a bug serious enough to be fixed in -stable.
Signed-off-by: Alexander E. Patrakov <patrakov@ums.usu.ru>
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--- linux-2.6.16.5/net/core/dev.c +++ linux-2.6.16.5/net/core/dev.c @@ -2932,11 +2932,11 @@ switch(dev->reg_state) { case NETREG_REGISTERING: + dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED; err = netdev_register_sysfs(dev); if (err) printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed sysfs registration (%d)\n", dev->name, err); - dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED; break; case NETREG_UNREGISTERING: -- Alexander E. Patrakov
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