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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:19:34 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: vhost_dev_cleanup() crash: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL
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* Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:

> [PATCH] vhost: stop worker only if created

This seems to have done the trick, thanks Eric.

Tested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

> Its illegal to call kthread_stop(NULL)

s/illegal/invalid

Thanks,

	Ingo