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Eric forwarded this bug report happening since 2.6.32.66, found that the
backport of commit 845704a5 ("tcp: avoid looping in tcp_send_fin()") was
incorrect and proposed this patch to fix it. The bug was also reported by
starlight.2015q2@binnacle.cx who confirmed the fix.

> Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 09:12:45 +0000
> From: "bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org" <bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org>
> To: "shemminger@linux-foundation.org" <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
> Subject: [Bug 99161] New: 2.6.32.66 PPC Oops in tcp_send_fin
>
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99161


>
>             Bug ID: 99161
>            Summary: 2.6.32.66 PPC Oops in tcp_send_fin
>            Product: Networking
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.32.66
>           Hardware: PPC-32
>                 OS: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: IPV4
>           Assignee: shemminger@linux-foundation.org
>           Reporter: varenet@parisc-linux.org
>         Regression: No
>
> I just updated my trusty old PPC box to longterm 2.6.32.66 (was running .65
> before that with zero issue) and it started spewing oopses at me like hell
> broke loose. This machine is primarily used as a DNS and MX (albeit under low
> pressure).
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Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>