From: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:20:42 +0200
> Le vendredi 16 juillet 2010 à 11:56 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit : > >> [PATCH] ehea: ehea_get_stats() should use GFP_KERNEL >> >> ehea_get_stats() is called in process context and should use GFP_KERNEL >> allocation instead of GFP_ATOMIC. >> >> Clearing stats at beginning of ehea_get_stats() is racy in case of >> concurrent stat readers. >> >> get_stats() can also use netdev net_device_stats, instead of a private >> copy. >> >> Reported-by: divya <dipra...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> >> --- >> drivers/net/ehea/ehea.h | 1 - >> drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c | 6 ++---- >> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) >> >> > > Hmm, net-next-2.6 contains following patch : If people think ehea usage is ubiquitous enough to deserve a backport of this to net-2.6, fine. But personally I don't think it's worth it. Can someone close the kernel bugzilla 16406 created for this bug? This patch we have already obviously would fix this issue. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
