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

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