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From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG PATCH NET-NEXT-2.6] kernel panic in dev_hard_start_xmit:
	remove faulty software TX time stamping
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:37:33 -0800
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Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
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	"Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@intel.com>,
	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
To: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
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On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> wrote:
> The current implementation of the TX software time stamping fallback is
> faulty because it accesses the skb after ndo_start_xmit() returns
> successfully. This patch removes the fallback, which fixes kernel panics
> seen during stress tests. Hardware time stamping is not affected by this
> removal.
>
> Signed-Off: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
> Signed-Off: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com>
>

Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

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Cheers,
Jeff