On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 07:42:10PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Jarek Poplawski > Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:12:17 +0100 > > > [PATCH net-2.6] sundance: Fix oopses with corrupted skb_shared_info > > > > Joel Soete reported oopses at the beginning of pppoe connections since > > v2.6.35. After debugging the bug was found in sundance skb allocation > > and dma mapping code, where skb_reserve() bytes aren't taken into > > account. This is an old bug, only uncovered by some change in 2.6.35. > > > > Initial debugging patch by: Eric Dumazet > > > > Reported-by: Joel Soete > > Tested-by: Joel Soete > > Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski > > Cc: Eric Dumazet > > Applied, great work Jarek. > > I was auditing ppp_generic.c hoping I'd find something, but > if I had that backtrace I wouldn't have bothered :-) Yes, with the backtrace it was a piece of cake :-) If I knew you're interested... Anyway, I append a little bit for the record. Thanks, Jarek P.