Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753649AbYGUTBJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:01:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751886AbYGUTAy (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:00:54 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:41504 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752712AbYGUTAx (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:00:53 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:00:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080721.120052.123606398.davem@davemloft.net> To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: mingo@elte.hu, akpm@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Subject: Re: [crash] kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:1328! From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20080721134506.GA27598@elte.hu> <20080721182318.GA20940@elte.hu> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 885 Lines: 22 From: Linus Torvalds 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/