linux-kernel - Re: [Security, resend] Instant crash with rtl8169 and large packets

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Date:	Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:02:11 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Security, resend] Instant crash with rtl8169 and large packets

Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru> :
[...]
> I'll try out some more tests later today.  (And there's another
> issue with these NICs -- the famous, quite frequent under load
> "NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out" errors, which
> are quite annoying... Also shown by both the above-mentioned mobos
> and by other machines).

This one should be fixed by commit f11a377b3f4e897d11f0e8d1fc688667e2f19708
in mainline.

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Ueimor
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