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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix ZOMBIE state bug in PPPOE driver
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:26:22 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Xiaodong Xu <stid.smth@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:30:53 +0800

> Hi All,
> 
> I found a bug in kernel PPPOE driver.
> When PPPOE is running over a virtual ethernet interface (e.g., a
> bonding interface) and the user tries to delete the interface in case
> the PPPOE state is ZOMBIE, the kernel will loop infinitely while
> unregistering net_device for the reference count is not reset to zero
> which should be done by dev_put().
> 
> The following patch could fix this issue:
> 
> $ git diff

Please read Documentation/SubmittingPatches in the kernel source tree
to learn how to properly submit a patch.

In particular your patch was missing a proper signoff and your Subject
line is incorrectly specified.

Thanks.