linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Allow disabling pause frames on panic

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Message-ID: <f0eae1d1-f845-479a-8388-a9351e9467b0@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 13:17:48 -0800
From: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
 Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>, Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org>,
 Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>, Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>,
 open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Allow disabling pause frames on panic

On 11/4/25 15:57, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue,  4 Nov 2025 14:13:46 -0800 Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> This patch set allows disabling pause frame generation upon encountering
>> a kernel panic. This has proven to be helpful in lab environments where
>> devices are still being worked on, will panic for various reasons, and
>> will occasionally take down the entire Ethernet switch they are attached to.
> 
> FWIW this still feels like a hack to work around having broken switches
> to me :( Not sure how to stomach having a sysfs knob for every netdev on
> the planet for one lab with cheap switches..

That's understandable, we have seen it with any sort of Ethernet 
adapter, GENET is the one that we have the most deployed, but we have 
seen that with Asix USB Ethernet dongles happen, which is why this made 
me look for a common solution, rather than a driver specific solution.

> 
> If anyone else has similar problems please speak up?

-- 
Florian