From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: netdevice name corruption is still present in 2.6.18-rc6-mm1 Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:40:11 +0200 Message-ID: <4503DD7B.1070003@trash.net> References: <20060909032939.GA3087@nickolas.homeunix.com> <20060910020707.GA3160@nickolas.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080005000809040506090404" Cc: Nick Orlov , linux-kernel , Andrew Morton , Linux Netdev List Return-path: Received: from stinky.trash.net ([213.144.137.162]:48285 "EHLO stinky.trash.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750817AbWIJJkN (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:40:13 -0400 To: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20060910020707.GA3160@nickolas.homeunix.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080005000809040506090404 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Nick Orlov wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 11:29:39PM -0400, Nick Orlov wrote: > >>I would like to confirm that issue with netdevice name corruption >>is still present in 2.6.18-rc6-mm1 and extremely easy to reproduce >>(at least on my system) with 100% hit rate. >> >>All I have to do is 'sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop'. And here we go: >> >>Sep 8 22:50:11 nickolas kernel: [events/1:7]: Changing netdevice name from [ath0] to [\200^C^Bб\206] >> > > > Confirmed: Patrick's patch fixes the issue for me. > (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115777959918268&w=2) Thanks Nick. Dave, please apply the attached patch to net-2.6.19, it fixes the netdevice name corruption reported by multiple people. --------------080005000809040506090404 Content-Type: text/plain; name="x" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline; filename="x" W1JUTkVUTElOS106IEZpeCBuZXRkZXZpY2UgbmFtZSBjb3JydXB0aW9uCgpXaGVuIGNoYW5n aW5nIGEgZGV2aWNlIGJ5IGlmaW5kZXggd2l0aG91dCBpbmNsdWRpbmcgYSBJRkxBX0lGTkFN RQphdHRyaWJ1dGUsIHRoZSBpZm5hbWUgdmFyaWFibGUgY29udGFpbnMgcmFuZG9tIGdhcmJh Z2UgYW5kIGlzIHVzZWQKdG8gY2hhbmdlIHRoZSBkZXZpY2UgbmFtZS4KClNpZ25lZC1vZmYt Ynk6IFBhdHJpY2sgTWNIYXJkeSA8a2FiZXJAdHJhc2gubmV0PgoKLS0tCmNvbW1pdCBiYzM0 MTdmNjc5YzAzNWU0Mjk2Y2QzNGY2YTU1ZDZiOTIxNTc2NGZjCnRyZWUgZTQzZjUyNDAyZDc5 NTYwY2JlZDczYTc2OWY0ZGVmM2U3NjFlN2EwMwpwYXJlbnQgNmRkYmQwMmViNjE1MzJmOWFm NGYyODkxMmEwOTcxN2FiOGM3MWQ4YQphdXRob3IgUGF0cmljayBNY0hhcmR5IDxrYWJlckB0 cmFzaC5uZXQ+IFNhdCwgMDkgU2VwIDIwMDYgMTY6MTg6MTIgKzAyMDAKY29tbWl0dGVyIFBh dHJpY2sgTWNIYXJkeSA8a2FiZXJAdHJhc2gubmV0PiBTYXQsIDA5IFNlcCAyMDA2IDE2OjE4 OjEyICswMjAwCgogbmV0L2NvcmUvcnRuZXRsaW5rLmMgfCAgICAyICsrCiAxIGZpbGVzIGNo YW5nZWQsIDIgaW5zZXJ0aW9ucygrKSwgMCBkZWxldGlvbnMoLSkKCmRpZmYgLS1naXQgYS9u ZXQvY29yZS9ydG5ldGxpbmsuYyBiL25ldC9jb3JlL3J0bmV0bGluay5jCmluZGV4IDYzYjg4 MmEuLmQ4ZTI1ZTAgMTAwNjQ0Ci0tLSBhL25ldC9jb3JlL3J0bmV0bGluay5jCisrKyBiL25l dC9jb3JlL3J0bmV0bGluay5jCkBAIC0zOTQsNiArMzk0LDggQEAgc3RhdGljIGludCBydG5s X3NldGxpbmsoc3RydWN0IHNrX2J1ZmYgKgogCiAJaWYgKHRiW0lGTEFfSUZOQU1FXSkKIAkJ bmxhX3N0cmxjcHkoaWZuYW1lLCB0YltJRkxBX0lGTkFNRV0sIElGTkFNU0laKTsKKwllbHNl CisJCWlmbmFtZVswXSA9ICdcMCc7CiAKIAllcnIgPSAtRUlOVkFMOwogCWlmbSA9IG5sbXNn X2RhdGEobmxoKTsK --------------080005000809040506090404--