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From: Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>
Subject: Re: kernel panic in skb_copy_bits
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:35:57 +0100
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--On 30 June 2013 10:13:35 +0100 Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk> wrote:

> The nature of the bug
> is extensively discussed in that thread - you'll also find
> a reference to a thread on linux-nfs which concludes it
> isn't an nfs problem, and even some patches to fix it in the
> kernel adding reference counting.

Some more links for anyone interested in fixing the kernel bug:

 http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-01/msg01618.html
 http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg34913.html
 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg224106.html

-- 
Alex Bligh