Re: [PATCH] ip_gre.c in 2.6.0-test5

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Re: [PATCH] ip_gre.c in 2.6.0-test5

To:	Michal Ludvig <michal@xxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] ip_gre.c in 2.6.0-test5
From:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2003 03:56:06 -0700
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:34:58 +0200
Michal Ludvig <michal@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> this trivial patch fixes possible kernel crash when using GRE tunnels in 
> 2.6.0-test. The problem was that "dev->init" wasn't set before 
> register_netdevice() call and so the initialization function was never 
> called. Consequently some fields in the tunnel structure were not 
> initialized what finally led to a kernel crash upon receiving the first 
> packet over the GRE tunnel.

Applied, thanks Michal.

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