netdev - Re: [PATCH] Re: netconsole still hangs

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Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:12:22 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rjw@...k.pl
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: netconsole still hangs

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:47:49 +0100
Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com> wrote:

> [NETPOLL] zap_completion_queue: adjust skb->users counter
> 
> zap_completion_queue() retrieves skbs from completion_queue where they
> have zero skb->users counter. Before dev_kfree_skb_any() it should be
> non-zero yet, so it's increased now.
> 
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
> 
> (not tested)
> ---
> 
>  net/core/netpoll.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
> index d0c8bf5..b04d643 100644
> --- a/net/core/netpoll.c
> +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
> @@ -215,10 +215,12 @@ static void zap_completion_queue(void)
>  		while (clist != NULL) {
>  			struct sk_buff *skb = clist;
>  			clist = clist->next;
> -			if (skb->destructor)
> +			if (skb->destructor) {
> +				atomic_inc(&skb->users);
>  				dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); /* put this one back */
> -			else
> +			} else {
>  				__kfree_skb(skb);
> +			}
>  		}
>  	}

I retested.  This patch doesn't appear to make anything worse, but the hang
is still there.  
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