From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: Fix net exit. Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:32:35 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20150220.153235.1956277452015954678.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1424200990-1558-1-git-send-email-pshelar@nicira.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, dev@openvswitch.org, amuller@redhat.com To: pshelar@nicira.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:46096 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754891AbbBTUch (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:32:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1424200990-1558-1-git-send-email-pshelar@nicira.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Pravin B Shelar Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:23:10 -0800 > Open vSwitch allows moving internal vport to different namespace > while still connected to the bridge. But when namespace deleted > OVS does not detach these vports, that results in dangling > pointer to netdevice which causes kernel panic as follows. > This issue is fixed by detaching all ovs ports from the deleted > namespace at net-exit. ... > Reported-by: Assaf Muller > Fixes: 46df7b81454("openvswitch: Add support for network namespaces.") > Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.