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Message-ID: <20130216022043.65d5c940@skate>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:20:43 +0100
From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
"yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com" <yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG arm-soc] mvneta: tx queue done sometimes causes kernel
panic
Hello,
On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:52:12 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Driver is buggy, as TX completion can happen both from ndo_start_xmit()
> and a timer, and there is no spinlock or appropriate synchro.
Yes, it is a known issue. I did post a patch fixing the problem on
netdev@ a while ago [1], but while it was fixing the problem, it wasn't
considered the right approach. Being busy with other Marvell Armada
370/XP developments, I haven't yet had the time to investigate the
issue again.
[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1941601/
Best regards,
Thomas
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