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

[Brad Figg]

On 03/25/2014 02:03 PM, Chris J Arges wrote:
> 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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