The patch titled dev_change_name() debug has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is dev_change_name-debug.patch This patch was dropped because it is obsolete ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: dev_change_name() debug From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> A debugging patch like this one should help figure out the culprit. If we don't see the gibberish netdevice name printed in the kernel logs, then likely something is corrupting the netdevice structure or the memory holding the name. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- net/core/dev.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -puN net/core/dev.c~dev_change_name-debug net/core/dev.c --- a/net/core/dev.c~dev_change_name-debug +++ a/net/core/dev.c @@ -740,6 +740,11 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *d if (!dev_valid_name(newname)) return -EINVAL; +#if 1 + printk("[%s:%d]: Changing netdevice name from [%s] to [%s]\n", + current->comm, current->pid, + dev->name, newname); +#endif if (strchr(newname, '%')) { err = dev_alloc_name(dev, newname); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch git-net.patch net-ipv6-bh_lock_sock_nested-on-tcp_v6_rcv.patch dev_change_name-debug.patch git-scsi-misc-nlmsg_multicast-fix.patch simplify-update_times-avoid-jiffies-jiffies_64-aliasing-problem-2.patch solaris-emulation-incorrect-tty-locking.patch solaris-emulation-incorrect-tty-locking-fix.patch solaris-emulation-incorrect-tty-locking-fix-2.patch kill-wall_jiffies.patch add-genetlink-utilities-for-payload-length-calculation.patch fix-taskstats-size-calculation-use-the-new-genetlink-utility-functions.patch fix-getdelaysc-cpumask-length-and-error-reporting.patch introduce-kernel_execve.patch rename-the-provided-execve-functions-to-kernel_execve.patch provide-kernel_execve-on-all-architectures.patch provide-kernel_execve-on-all-architectures-fix.patch remove-the-use-of-_syscallx-macros-in-uml.patch sh64-remove-the-use-of-kernel-syscalls.patch remove-remaining-errno-and-__kernel_syscalls__-references.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html