linux-kernel - Re: rtl8169_get_stats seems to be adding random crap to rx_missed

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Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:42:32 +0100
From:	"Alex Bennee" <kernel-hacker@...nee.com>
To:	"Bruno Prémont" <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Francois Romieu" <romieu@...zoreil.com>
Subject: Re: rtl8169_get_stats seems to be adding random crap to rx_missed_errors count

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Bruno Prémont
<bonbons@...ux-vserver.org> wrote:
> Hi Alex,
>
> This issue has already been reported in
>  http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/9/235
> and a patch exists.
>
> Could you verify that patch #0009 at URL below fixes the issue for you:
>  http://userweb.kernel.org/~romieu/r8169/2.6.27-rc9/20081007/

I can confirm that patch works for me. I have further reviewed the
code and it looks OK to me from here. Should I just forward the patch
and tag it to the mailing list or is it now in a tree that gets picked
up?

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