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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:22:58 -0800
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [2.6.0-test8/9] ethertap oops
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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:26:35 +0100
Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote:

> I don't know if it actually fixed the bug, I did not test it
> (sorry, should have stated that in the original mail)
> But at least it should printk now instead of crashing.

Ok, it's still an improvement over the blind dereferencing
it does not.