Re: [PATCH] tap: reference to KVA of an unloaded module causes kernel panic

2017-10-28 Thread David Miller
From: Girish Moodalbail Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:16 -0700 > The commit 9a393b5d5988 ("tap: tap as an independent module") created a > separate tap module that implements tap functionality and exports > interfaces that will be used by macvtap and ipvtap modules

[PATCH] tap: reference to KVA of an unloaded module causes kernel panic

2017-10-27 Thread Girish Moodalbail
The commit 9a393b5d5988 ("tap: tap as an independent module") created a separate tap module that implements tap functionality and exports interfaces that will be used by macvtap and ipvtap modules to create create respective tap devices. However, that patch introduced a regression wherein the