The patch titled forcedeth: work around NULL skb dereference crash has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is forcedeth-work-around-null-skb-dereference-crash.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: forcedeth: work around NULL skb dereference crash From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> work around a NULL skb dereference crash that occurs during high load. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/forcedeth.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcedeth-work-around-null-skb-dereference-crash drivers/net/forcedeth.c --- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcedeth-work-around-null-skb-dereference-crash +++ a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c @@ -1902,6 +1902,11 @@ static void nv_tx_done(struct net_device np->stats.tx_carrier_errors++; np->stats.tx_errors++; } else { + if (!np->get_tx_ctx->skb) { + printk("get_tx: %ld, put_tx: %ld\n", np->get_tx_ctx - np->first_tx_ctx, np->put_tx_ctx - np->first_tx_ctx); + WARN_ON(1); + break; + } np->stats.tx_packets++; np->stats.tx_bytes += np->get_tx_ctx->skb->len; } @@ -1917,6 +1922,11 @@ static void nv_tx_done(struct net_device np->stats.tx_carrier_errors++; np->stats.tx_errors++; } else { + if (!np->get_tx_ctx->skb) { + printk("get_tx: %ld, put_tx: %ld\n", np->get_tx_ctx - np->first_tx_ctx, np->put_tx_ctx - np->first_tx_ctx); + WARN_ON(1); + break; + } np->stats.tx_packets++; np->stats.tx_bytes += np->get_tx_ctx->skb->len; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mingo@xxxxxxx are correct-slow-acpi_pm-rating.patch ntp-avoid-time_offset-overflows.patch ntp-avoid-time_offset-overflows-fix.patch git-ieee1394.patch git-kvm.patch forcedeth-work-around-null-skb-dereference-crash.patch revert-x86_64-mm-change-sysenter_setup-to-__cpuinit-improve-__init-__initdata.patch x86_64-do-not-enable-the-nmi-watchdog-by-default.patch spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-preparatory-patch.patch spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-x86_64-implementation.patch spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-i386-implementation.patch log-reason-why-tsc-was-marked-unstable.patch allow-per-cpu-variables-to-be-page-aligned.patch cpuset-remove-sched-domain-hooks-from-cpusets.patch simplify-the-stacktrace-code.patch freezer-task-exit_state-should-be-treated-as-bolean.patch softlockup-trivial-s-99-max_rt_prio.patch optimize-timespec_trunc.patch futex-restartable-futex_wait.patch futex-restartable-futex_wait-fix.patch fix-bogus-softlockup-warning-with-sysrq-t.patch schedule_on_each_cpu-use-preempt_disable.patch workqueue-kill-run_scheduled_work.patch workqueue-dont-save-interrupts-in-run_workqueue.patch workqueue-make-cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue-work-on-idle-dwork.patch workqueue-introduce-cpu_singlethread_map.patch workqueue-introduce-workqueue_struct-singlethread.patch workqueue-make-init_workqueues-__init.patch aio-is-unlikely.patch sched-accurate-user-accounting.patch sched-fix-idle-load-balancing-in-softirqd-context.patch sched-dynticks-idle-load-balancing-v3.patch speedup-divides-by-cpu_power-in-scheduler.patch sched-optimize-siblings-status-check-logic-in-wake_idle.patch sched-add-above-background-load-function.patch mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch lists-add-list-splice-tail.patch sched-remove-sleepavg-from-proc.patch sched-remove-noninteractive-flag.patch sched-implement-rsdl-cpu-scheduler.patch sched-document-rsdl-cpu-scheduler.patch sched-rsdl-improvements.patch futex-priority-based-wakeup.patch make-futex_wait-use-an-hrtimer-for-timeout.patch futex_requeue_pi-optimization.patch sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes.patch detect-atomic-counter-underflows.patch make-frame_pointer-default=y.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch vdso-print-fatal-signals.patch vdso-improve-print_fatal_signals-support-by-adding-memory-maps.patch vdso-print-fatal-signals-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch lockdep-show-held-locks-when-showing-a-stackdump.patch kmap_atomic-debugging.patch mm-only-hrtimers-debug-patch.patch mm-only-hrtimers-debug-patch-fix.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