netdev - Re: [crash] kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:1328!

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:26:24 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [crash] kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:1328!

David Miller wrote:
> You should only do a netif_stop_queue() in your device
> initialization, at the very end of ->open() processing
> when you've fully committed to returning success.
> 
> You should not, in particular, be doing a netif_wake_queue()
> before you've even done a netif_start_queue().
> 
> Many of these drivers are using netif_{stop,wake}_queue()
> to stop packet flow, in particular when link state changes,
> and netif_carrier_{on,off}() already does all of that for
> you.
> 
> Really, anything outside of:
> 
> 1) netif_start_queue() in ->open()
> 2) netif_stop_queue() in ->stop()
> 3) netif_{stop,wake}_queue() in the TX packet handling path
> 
> is superfluous.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of this.  I'll try to fix up eth1394 this way as 
time permits.
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Stefan Richter
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