[precise][sru][PATCH 0/5] Fix for LP #1201869

[Chris J Arges]

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201869

SRU Justification:

Impact:
Users of the 3.2/3.5/3.8 series kernel will have poor network throughput
between virtual ethernet interfaces.

Fix:
2681128f0ced8aa4e66f221197e183cc16d244fe
8093315a91340bca52549044975d8c7f673b28a1
d0e2c55e7c940a3ee91e9e23a2683b593690f1e9
2efd32ee1b60b0b31404ca47c1ce70e5a5d24ebc
f45a5c267da35174e22cec955093a7513dc1623d

Test Case:
Explained in the bug.


Eric Dumazet (5):
  veth: reduce stat overhead
  veth: extend device features
  veth: avoid a NULL deref in veth_stats_one
  veth: fix a NULL deref in netif_carrier_off
  veth: fix NULL dereference in veth_dellink()

 drivers/net/veth.c        |  177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 include/linux/netdevice.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)

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