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Re: oops in ip_rcv

To: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: oops in ip_rcv
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 15:09:43 -0700
Cc: anton@xxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20050505214453.GA29853@gondor.apana.org.au>
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On Fri, 6 May 2005 07:44:53 +1000
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 07:37:40AM +1000, herbert wrote:
> > 
> > Could we delay the call of dev_add_pack(&ip_packet_type) until
> > the very end of inet_init? That way we're guaranteed to not
> > receive anything until it's ready.
> 
> This patch should do the trick.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Of course... But I don't want to apply this until Anton
tells us how in the world he is receiving packets so
early in the boot.

If I put this patch in now, he may get lazy just like me
and never try and figure out where they are coming from :)

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