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Message-ID: <20100111224817.GB3369@del.dom.local>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:48:17 +0100
From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To: Michael Breuer <mbreuer@...jas.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, shemminger@...tta.com,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, flyboy@...il.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6 alt.3] af_packet: Don't use skb after
dev_queue_xmit()
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 05:30:45PM -0500, Michael Breuer wrote:
> On 1/11/2010 3:04 AM, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
...
> >----------------> (alternative 3)
> >
> >Subject: af_packet: Don't use skb after dev_queue_xmit()
> >
> >tpacket_snd() can change and kfree an skb after dev_queue_xmit(),
> >which is illegal.
> >
> >With debugging by: Stephen Hemminger<shemminger@...tta.com>
> >
> >Reported-by: Michael Breuer<mbreuer@...jas.com>
> >Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski<jarkao2@...il.com>
> >
> >Cc: Stephen Hemminger<shemminger@...tta.com>
> >---
> >
> > net/packet/af_packet.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
> > 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
...
> Tested by: Michael Breuer
>
> Note: This patch is delivering better ethernet throughput (15-20%)
> and no than the previous two patches. I'm also no longer seeing
> dropped RX packets. Good work!
David, if this patch is acceptable now, please add:
With help from: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Tested-by: Michael Breuer<mbreuer@...jas.com>
Thanks everybody,
Jarek P.
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