netdev - Re: [RFC,PATCH] loopback: calls netif_receive_skb() instead of netif

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Date:	Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:55:58 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] loopback: calls netif_receive_skb() instead of
 netif_rx()

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:26:17 +0100

> You are absolutly right. We should guard against recursion, using a new field 
> in "pcpu_lstats" (cheap access in a hot cache line as we have to update stats 
> anyway)
 ...
> [PATCH] loopback: calls netif_receive_skb() instead of netif_rx()

I'm willing to seriously entertain this change and stick it
into net-2.6.26 if you will perform a reasonable deep stack
test.

For example, create an XFS filesystem, and mount it NFS over
loopback.  Then stress it like crazy.

See if this generates stack overflows or weird crashes.
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