netdev - Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: add schedule check to napi_enable call in refill

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Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:01:19 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:	Ken Stailey <kstailey@...oo.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Bruce Rogers" <brogers@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: add schedule check to napi_enable call in refill_work

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:59:25 am Ken Stailey wrote:
> Justification:
> 
> Impact: Under heavy network I/O load virtio-net driver crashes making VM guest unusable.

Hmm, this went badly wrong.  I acked this patch, and it was mailed to
netdev six months ago.

Bruce's patch used spaces instead of tabs, but that should not have caused
it to be dropped.  I've taken that and ported it forwards, will repost now.

Thanks for picking this up off the floor!
Rusty.
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