Re: [64/66] Phonet: disable network namespace support

[Ben Hutchings]

On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 11:35 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> 2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: RÃmi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [Solved differently upstream]
> 
> Network namespace in the Phonet socket stack causes an OOPS when a
> namespace is destroyed. This occurs as the loopback exit_net handler is
> called after the Phonet exit_net handler, and re-enters the Phonet
> stack. I cannot think of any nice way to fix this in kernel <= 2.6.32.
> 
> For lack of a better solution, disable namespace support completely.
> If you need that, upgrade to a newer kernel.
[...]

I've had one report today that the bug is still reproducible in the
current Debian kernel, which includes this change.  RÃmi, how have you
tested this fix?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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