netdev - Re: [Bug, PATCH and another Bug] Was: Fix refcounting problem with netif_rx

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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:40:33 +0530
From:	Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
To:	Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, general@...ts.openfabrics.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	rdreier@...co.com
Subject: Re: [Bug, PATCH and another Bug] Was: Fix refcounting problem with netif_rx_reschedule()

Hi Jan-Bernd,

Jan-Bernd Themann <ossthema@...ibm.com> wrote on 09/19/2007 06:53:48 PM:

> If I understood it right the problem you describe (quota update in
> __napi_schdule) can cause further problems when you choose the
> following numbers:
>
> CPU1: A. process 99 pkts
> CPU1: B. netif_rx_complete()
> CPU2: interrupt occures, netif_rx_schedule is called, net_rx_action
triggerd:
> CPU2: C. set quota = 100 (__napi_schedule)
> CPU2: D. call poll(), process 1 pkt
> CPU2: D.2 call netif_rx_complete() (quota not exeeded)
> CPU2: E. net_rx_action: set quota=99
> CPU1: F. net_rx_action: set qutoa=99 - 99 = 0
> CPU1: G. modify list (list_move_tail) altough netif_rx_complete has been
called
>
> Step G would fail as the device is not in the list due
> to netif_rx_complete. This case can occur for all
> devices running on an SMP system where interrupts are not pinned.

I think list_move should be ok whether device is on the list or not.
But it should not come to that code since work (99) != weight (100).
If work == weight, then driver would not have done complete, and the
next/prev would not be set to POISON.

I like the clean changes made by Dave to fix this, and will test it
today (if I can get my crashed system to come up).

Thanks,

- KK

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