From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] ipv6: track device renames in snmp6 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:16:59 -0700 Message-ID: <20070427041659.GB4841@kroah.com> References: <20070426164247.3b3b2c7a@freekitty> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: ???????????? , "David S. Miller" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:42603 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755288AbXD0EYr (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:24:47 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070426164247.3b3b2c7a@freekitty> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 04:42:47PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > When network device's are renamed, the IPV6 snmp6 code > gets confused. It doesn't track name changes so it will OOPS > when network device's are removed. > > The fix is trivial, just unregister/re-register in notify handler. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Which -stable is this for, 2.6.20 or 2.6.21? thanks, greg k-h