Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:26:22 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix ZOMBIE state bug in PPPOE driver | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Xiaodong Xu <stid.smth@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:30:53 +0800
> Hi All, > > I found a bug in kernel PPPOE driver. > When PPPOE is running over a virtual ethernet interface (e.g., a > bonding interface) and the user tries to delete the interface in case > the PPPOE state is ZOMBIE, the kernel will loop infinitely while > unregistering net_device for the reference count is not reset to zero > which should be done by dev_put(). > > The following patch could fix this issue: > > $ git diff
Please read Documentation/SubmittingPatches in the kernel source tree to learn how to properly submit a patch.
In particular your patch was missing a proper signoff and your Subject line is incorrectly specified.
Thanks.
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