The patch titled forcedeth: work around NULL skb dereference crash has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was forcedeth-work-around-null-skb-dereference-crash.patch This patch was dropped because it is obsolete ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: forcedeth: work around NULL skb dereference crash From: Ingo Molnar 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 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 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 @@ -1905,6 +1905,16 @@ 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: %td, put_tx: " + "%td\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; } @@ -1920,6 +1930,16 @@ 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: %td, put_tx: " + "%td\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 git-ieee1394.patch git-kvm.patch forcedeth-improve-napi-logic.patch add-apply_to_page_range-which-applies-a-function-to-a-pte-range.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 i386-tsc-remove-xtime_locking-around-cpufreq-notifier.patch forcedeth-work-around-null-skb-dereference-crash.patch only-allow-nonlinear-vmas-for-ram-backed-filesystems.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 kernel-irq-procc-unprotected-iteration-over-the-irq-action-list-in-name_unique.patch add-support-for-deferrable-timers-respun.patch add-support-for-deferrable-timers-respun-tidy.patch add-support-for-deferrable-timers-respun-fix.patch irq-check-for-percpu-flag-only-when-adding-first-irqaction.patch move-timekeeping-code-to-timekeepingc.patch move-timekeeping-code-to-timekeepingc-fix.patch ignore-stolen-time-in-the-softlockup-watchdog.patch add-touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs.patch enhance-initcall_debug-measure-latency.patch simplify-kallsyms_lookup.patch deprecate-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags-v2.patch lockdep-treats-down_write_trylock-like-regular-down_write.patch pad-irq_desc-to-internode-cacheline-size.patch pad-irq_desc-to-internode-cacheline-size-fix.patch highres-dyntick-prevent-xtime-lock-contention.patch lockdep-lookup_chain_cache-comment-errata.patch introduce-a-handy-list_first_entry-macro-v2.patch document-spin_lock_unlocked-rw_lock_unlocked-deprecation.patch document-spin_lock_unlocked-rw_lock_unlocked-deprecation-fix.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-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-redundant-reschedule-when-set_user_nice-boosts-a-prio-of-a-task-from-the-expired-array.patch sched-redundant-reschedule-when-set_user_nice-boosts-a-prio-of-a-task-from-the-expired-array-update.patch sched-align-rq-to-cacheline-boundary.patch sched-dont-renice-kernel-threads.patch sched-remove-sleepavg-from-proc.patch revert-sched-redundant-reschedule-when-set_user_nice-boosts-a-prio-of-a-task-from-the-expired-array.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler-misc-fixes.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler-avoid-redundant-reschedule-in-set_user_nice.patch sched-implement-staircase-deadline-cpu-scheduler-tweak.patch sched-remove-noninteractive-flag.patch sched-document-sd-cpu-scheduler.patch sched-consolidate-sched_clock-drift-adjustments.patch sched-add-above-background-load-function.patch mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch declare-struct-ktime.patch futex-priority-based-wakeup.patch make-futex_wait-use-an-hrtimer-for-timeout.patch make-futex_wait-use-an-hrtimer-for-timeout-fix.patch make-futex_wait-use-an-hrtimer-for-timeout-fix-2.patch futex_requeue_pi-optimization.patch sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes.patch sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-fix.patch sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-workaround.patch futex-new-private-futexes.patch add-irqf_irqpoll-flag-common-code.patch add-irqf_irqpoll-flag-on-x86_64.patch add-irqf_irqpoll-flag-on-i386.patch add-irqf_irqpoll-flag-on-ia64.patch add-irqf_irqpoll-flag-on-sh.patch add-irqf_irqpoll-flag-on-arm.patch detect-atomic-counter-underflows.patch make-frame_pointer-default=y.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-convert-to-the-kthread-api.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 random-warning-squishes.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