netdev - Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: Check for skb->queue

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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:29:47 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Tushar Dave <tushar.n.dave@...cle.com>
Cc:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgbe: Check for skb->queue_mapping

On Wed, 2017-03-29 at 16:55 -0700, Tushar Dave wrote:
> There are events seen where skb->queue_mapping value is greater than
> adapter->num_tx_queue. In such cases, adapter->tx_ring becomes invalid
> (null) and xmit results in kernel panic.
> 
> One such event is running netconsole and enabling VF on the same device.
> Or running netconsole and changing number of tx queues via ethtool on
> same device.
> 
> This patch adds check for skb->queue_mapping and uses simple arithmetic
> to select available tx queue from driver.

We are not going to fix all multi queue drivers, for something that
seems to be a generic issue higher in the stack.