Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The netdev_rx_csum_fault function shouldn't show the stack. The backtrace
> can cause way more output than necessary, and could be a potential DoS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sorry but I disagree.  First of all this is inside a net_ratelimit() so
DoS potentials are well, limited :)

More importantly, you should never see this unless there is a hardware
fault or a serious software bug.  In either case having the backtrace
is quite useful.

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