Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:00:52 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [crash] kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:1328!
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:35:21 -0700 (PDT)

> Maybe the network drivers are few enough that it will get fixed, or
> maybe the WARN_ON_ONCE() will just be removed and the rule not
> reinforced.
> 
> I personally suspect the latter, since it seems to happen with just
> about _any_ random network driver, including the common and
> well-maintained ones (ie the Gods only help us for the truly
> odd/random cases)

Yes, we'll see how this plays out.

Ian Schram just posted a patch for the NULL pointer derfer in
wireless Ingo reported, so we'll see if that bug will be fixed
now as well.
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