netdev - Re: [Bug #14378] Problems with net/core/skbuff.c

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:26:44 +0200
From:	Massimo Cetra <mcetra@...ynet.it>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	Massimo Cetra <ctrixk@...ynet.it>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, rjw@...k.pl,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bug #14378] Problems with net/core/skbuff.c

Eric Dumazet ha scritto:
> Could you please following patch ?
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> index 8d00976..54bf091 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static unsigned int free_old_xmit_skbs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
>  		vi->dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
>  		vi->dev->stats.tx_packets++;
>  		tot_sgs += skb_vnet_hdr(skb)->num_sg;
> -		kfree_skb(skb);
> +		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
>  	}
>  	return tot_sgs;
>  }
>
>
>   
Thank you very much.

Compiling.
It' will be in production in a few minutes.
I'll let you know if the problem arises again.
give me a couple of days because this problem is randomly triggered.
Sometimes it happens multiple times a day, sometimes none.

Max


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