netdev - Re: 2.6.38.x, 2.6.39 sfq? kernel panic in sfq

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Date:	Mon, 23 May 2011 15:23:46 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hadi@...erus.ca
Subject: Re: 2.6.38.x, 2.6.39 sfq? kernel panic in sfq_enqueue

Le lundi 23 mai 2011 à 14:50 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit :

> And in your report RAX = R12 !!! (ffff8801172a7d08) I cant see how it
> can happen (Its not even a valid skb address, since an SKB should be
> 64bytes aligned)

Hmm, I wonder if it could come from sfq_peek()

Current code does :

return q->slots[q->tail->next].skblist_next;

maybe skblist_next points to itself (slot with no packets)

So I guess we should just call generic qdisc_peek_dequeued



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