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Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: Check daddr_cache before use in tracepoint

From: David Ahern <hidden>
Date: 2017-10-18 14:54:12

On 10/18/17 7:15 AM, David Miller wrote:
From: David Ahern <redacted>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:32:07 -0700
quoted
Running perf in one window to capture tcp_retransmit_skb tracepoint:
    $ perf record -e tcp:tcp_retransmit_skb -a

And causing a retransmission on an active TCP session (e.g., dropping
packets in the receiver, changing MTU on the interface to 500 and back
to 1500) triggers a panic:
 ...
quoted
Check that daddr_cache is non-NULL before de-referencing.

Fixes: e086101b150a ("tcp: add a tracepoint for tcp retransmission")
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <redacted>
Applied.
Hi Dave: There was a v3 to this one. I'll send a diff patch.
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