netdev - Re: 2.6.24-rc4-mm1

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Date:	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:21:25 +0100
From:	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>
To:	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Reuben Farrelly <reuben-linuxkernel@...b.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc4-mm1

Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:59:37 +1100 Reuben Farrelly <reuben-linuxkernel@...b.net> wrote:
>>
>>> This non fatal oops which I have just noticed may be related to this change then 
>>> - certainly looks networking related.
>> yep, but it isn't e1000.  It's core TCP.
>>
>>> WARNING: at net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:2518 tcp_fastretrans_alert()
>>> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24-rc4-mm1 #1
>> Ilpo, Reuben's kernel is talking to you ;)
> 
> ...Please try the patch below. Andrew, this probably fixes your problem 
> (the packets <= tp->packets_out) as well.

nah. I got the WARNINGs again with this patch.

C.
 
> Dave, please include this one to net-2.6.25.
> 
> 

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