On 08/12/2012 02:49 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > On 10/08/2012 21:25, Kleber Sacilotto de Souza wrote: >> This patch fixes the problem by checking for a valid netdev pointer >> before using it to get the port MAC address. > > just curious, how did you actually stepped on this, code inspection or > any actual race? > > Or. >
I hit the problem during error recovery after injecting an EEH error on a distro kernel based on linux 3.0. I was not able to reproduce the problem on the mainline kernel, but it seems to be just a matter of having the right timing. -- Kleber Sacilotto de Souza IBM Linux Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
