netdev - Re: 3.19+: (and quite probably earlier) VIA Rhine hanging under high network load, yet again: redux

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Date:	Sun, 05 Apr 2015 21:59:25 +0100
From:	Nix <nix@...eri.org.uk>
To:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Cc:	rl@...lgate.ch, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis@...too.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux-Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 3.19+: (and quite probably earlier) VIA Rhine hanging under high network load, yet again: redux

On 4 Apr 2015, Francois Romieu said:

> Nix <nix@...eri.org.uk> :
> [...]
>
> This driver leaves holes in its receive ring under memory pressure.
> It may not help.
>
> You can try the gross patch below against v3.19. It compiles. I have to go.

Gross or not, it seems to work: I've loaded it enough to crash it half a
dozen times, and not a crash. However, the rx_dropped stats on the link
aren't going up, so maybe I've just been lucky.

I'll put it under more load tomorrow :)

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