Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 May 2010 10:05:31 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: boot crash in arp_error_report() |
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* David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:18:24 +0200 > > > [PATCH] net: fix __neigh_event_send() > > > > commit 7fee226ad23 (net: add a noref bit on skb dst) missed one spot > > where an skb is enqueued, with a possibly not refcounted dst entry. > > > > __neigh_event_send() inserts skb into arp_queue, so we must make sure > > dst entry is refcounted, or dst entry can be freed by garbage collector > > after caller exits from rcu protected section. > > > > Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> > > Applied, thanks Eric. > > Ingo can we get a confirmation that this fixes the bootup crash?
Sure, will let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
Ingo
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