On 2/15/06, Arthur Kepner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let's try this again. How does this look, Robert? > > There's a race in pktgen which can lead to a double > free of a pktgen_dev's skb. If a worker thread is in > the midst of doing fill_packet(), and the controlling > thread gets a "stop" message, the already freed skb > can be freed once again in pktgen_stop_device(). This > patch gives all responsibility for cleaning up a > pktgen_dev's skb to the associated worker thread. > > Signed-off-by: Arthur Kepner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
should i test this patch to see if it fixes the pktgen panic when removing a network driver module (or renegotiating link, i don't remember where i saw the failure) in the middle of a pktgen run? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
