netdev - Re: reproducible cxgb kernel panic in FC8 kernel 2.6.23.1-49

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Message-ID: <473C31AF.9030300@chelsio.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:46:55 -0800
From:	Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
CC:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: reproducible cxgb kernel panic in FC8 kernel 2.6.23.1-49

Ben Greear wrote:
> This panic happens (almost?) immediately after starting TCP traffic 
> between
> the cxgb nic on this system and another.  We also got at least one crash
> on a custom/tainted 2.6.20.12 kernel, but it would run for at least
> a few minutes at ~1Gbps first.
>
> I think my serial console chomped some of this..but it's very 
> reproducible,
> so if you need more info I can make the terminal wider and do it again.
>
Hi Ben,

I just posted a patch fixing this T2 crash. It appeared in 2.6.22, when 
eth_type_trans()
was modified to set skb->dev. cxgb3 got fixed at the time, but I 
obviously forgot the
chelsio driver. I'm a bit behind on T2 updates. I will get to it in a 
few days.

Cheers,
Divy

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