netdev - Re: [PATCH] skge: fix occasional BUG during MTU change

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:23:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mschmidt@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] skge: fix occasional BUG during MTU change

From: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:36:23 +0200

> The BUG_ON(skge->tx_ring.to_use != skge->tx_ring.to_clean) in skge_up()
> was sometimes observed when setting MTU.
> 
> skge_down() disables the TX queue, but then reenables it by mistake via
> skge_tx_clean().
> Fix it by moving the waking of the queue from skge_tx_clean() to the
> other caller. And to make sure start_xmit is not in progress on another
> CPU, skge_down() should call netif_tx_disable().
> 
> The bug was reported to me by Jiri Jilek whose Debian system sometimes
> failed to boot. He tested the patch and the bug did not happen anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>

Stephen have you had a chance to test this yet?

Thanks.
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