netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] Regression in linux 2.6.32 virtio

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Date:	Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:21:21 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Regression in linux 2.6.32 virtio_net seen with
	vhost-net

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 08:26:20AM -0800, Sridhar Samudrala wrote:
> 
> Also, can we do free_old_xmit_skbs() to freeup any used descriptors in
> the callback(skb_xmit_done) context? I tried this, but hit a panic in
> free_old_xmit_skbs(__skb_unlink() trying to remove the skb from the vi->send queue).
> Looks like we need to add the skb to the vi->send queue before doing a kick.

No you can't free skbs from hard IRQ context.

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