Re: 2.6.39.2 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Sun Jun 26 2011 - 08:43:00 EST


Le dimanche 26 juin 2011 Ã 13:34 +0200, Fabio Coatti a Ãcrit :
> 2011/6/26 Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Le dimanche 26 juin 2011 Ã 10:28 +0200, Fabio Coatti a Ãcrit :
> >> I'm trying to boot with 2.6.39.2 but the process stops somewhere in
> >> network stack, with a BUG: report.
> >> I've been able to capture the kernel messages usign netconsole, so be
> >> patient with poor alignment :)
>
> >
> > Hi Fabio
> >
> > Could you test following patch :
> >
> > http://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6407d74c5106bb362b4087693688afd34942b094
> >
> >
> > This should be included in 2.6.39.3, if you confirm this fixes the
> > problem.
> >
>
> Yes, I can confirm that your patch fixes the problem, now running
> 2.6.39.2 just fine. Many thanks!

Thanks for testing, David will include this to his stable queue I
presume.



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