Re: boot crash in arp_error_report()

[David Miller]

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:18:24 +0200

> [PATCH] net: fix __neigh_event_send()
> 
> commit 7fee226ad23 (net: add a noref bit on skb dst) missed one spot
> where an skb is enqueued, with a possibly not refcounted dst entry.
> 
> __neigh_event_send() inserts skb into arp_queue, so we must make sure
> dst entry is refcounted, or dst entry can be freed by garbage collector
> after caller exits from rcu protected section.
> 
> Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Eric.

Ingo can we get a confirmation that this fixes the bootup crash?

Thanks!
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