netdev - Re: [PATCH 07/17] net: convert sock.sk_wmem_alloc from atomic_t to refcount

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Date:   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 12:30:04 +0100
From:   David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:     Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant <kevin@...byshire-bryant.me.uk>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net>,
        "3chas3@...il.com" <3chas3@...il.com>,
        Mathias Kresin <dev@...sin.me>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/17] net: convert sock.sk_wmem_alloc from atomic_t to
 refcount_t

On Sat, 2018-06-16 at 03:44 +0000, Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant wrote:
> 
> I can confirm that PPPoA with both vc & llc encapsulations work. 
> BR2684 with PPPoE and both vc & llc encapsulations also work.  No
> nasty messages noted in dmesg.

Thanks.

>   I’m actually gobsmacked at how tolerant TalkTalk/BT are of what
> I’ve thrown at them, they clearly just look for PPP frames :-)

We weren't saying that in the days when they stupidly assumed all PPP
data frames contained Legacy IP, and then dropped any short frames
which, if they *had* been Legacy IP, would have had zeroes in the
'length' field.
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