netdev - mv643xx_eth fixes pull request for 2.6.27 (was: Re: [PATCH 0/5,RFC] mv643xx

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Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:31:39 +0200
From:	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Dale Farnsworth <dale@...nsworth.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Gerhard Bertelsmann <info@...hard-bertelsmann.de>
Subject: mv643xx_eth fixes pull request for 2.6.27 (was: Re: [PATCH 0/5,RFC] mv643xx_eth fixes for 2.6.27)

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 04:03:24AM +0200, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:

> The following five mv643xx_eth fixes for 2.6.27 since commit
> 6a55617ed5d1aa62b850de2cf66f5ede2eef4825:
>   Linus Torvalds (1):
>         Linux v2.6.27-rc4
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.marvell.com/mv643xx_eth.git for-2.6.27
>   http://git.marvell.com/?p=mv643xx_eth.git;a=summary
> 
> Lennert Buytenhek (5):
>       mv643xx_eth: fix NAPI 'rotting packet' issue
>       mv643xx_eth: fix double add_timer() on the receive oom timer
>       mv643xx_eth: fix inconsistent lock semantics
>       mv643xx_eth: fix NULL pointer dereference in rxq_process()
>       mv643xx_eth: enforce multiple-of-8-bytes receive buffer size restriction
> 
>  drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c |   33 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> The second patch should fix http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11377
> -- Gerhard, can you please test if it makes your problem go away?  (It
> won't make the out of memory messages go away, but it should fix the
> kernel panic.)

The submitter confirmed that patch 2 fixes the original issue (and
once that is fixed, patch 4 will fix the subsequently emerging issue).
I've also done some more testing on the series, and it's probably good
for 2.6.27.  I've tacked on a patch to bump the version number -- can
you please pull?

The following changes since commit 6a55617ed5d1aa62b850de2cf66f5ede2eef4825:
  Linus Torvalds (1):
        Linux v2.6.27-rc4

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.marvell.com/mv643xx_eth.git for-2.6.27
  http://git.marvell.com/?p=mv643xx_eth.git;a=shortlog;h=for-2.6.27

Lennert Buytenhek (6):
      mv643xx_eth: fix NAPI 'rotting packet' issue
      mv643xx_eth: fix double add_timer() on the receive oom timer
      mv643xx_eth: fix inconsistent lock semantics
      mv643xx_eth: fix NULL pointer dereference in rxq_process()
      mv643xx_eth: enforce multiple-of-8-bytes receive buffer size restriction
      mv643xx_eth: bump version to 1.3

 drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c |   35 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)


thanks,
Lennert
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