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Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:40:48 +1000
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Bruce Rogers <brogers@...ell.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: add schedule check to napi_enable call
Bruce Rogers <brogers@...ell.com> wrote:
> Please consider this patch for the 2.6.32, 2.6.33, and 2.6.34 stable trees as well as current development trees. (I've only tested on 2.6.32 however)
>
> virtio_net: Add schedule check to napi_enable call
> Under harsh testing conditions, including low memory, the guest would
> stop receiving packets. With this patch applied we no longer see any
> problems in the driver while performing these tests for extended periods
> of time.
>
> Make sure napi is scheduled subsequent to each napi_enable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Rogers <brogers@...ell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@...e.de>
> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: stable@...nel.org
Looks good to me.
Thanks!
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