netdev - Re: [PATCH] skge: fix occasional BUG during MTU change

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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:55:39 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] skge: fix occasional BUG during MTU change

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:36:23 +0200
Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com> wrote:

> The BUG_ON(skge->tx_ring.to_use != skge->tx_ring.to_clean) in skge_up()
> was sometimes observed when setting MTU.
> 
> skge_down() disables the TX queue, but then reenables it by mistake via
> skge_tx_clean().
> Fix it by moving the waking of the queue from skge_tx_clean() to the
> other caller. And to make sure start_xmit is not in progress on another
> CPU, skge_down() should call netif_tx_disable().
> 
> The bug was reported to me by Jiri Jilek whose Debian system sometimes
> failed to boot. He tested the patch and the bug did not happen anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/skge.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Tested fine. This should go to stable as well.

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
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