netdev - Re: ixgbe: panic in ixgbe_clean_rx

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Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.64.0907271530400.5004@ppwaskie-MOBL2.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:31:47 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From:	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
To:	Todd Merritt <tmerritt@...il.arizona.edu>
cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ixgbe: panic in ixgbe_clean_rx_irq()

On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Todd Merritt wrote:

> We're getting a panic in the same function with the stable version of the ixgbe
> driver 2.0.38.2-1 on redhat 5 kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.  Is there a dev
> release of the driver that might have a fix in it ?

Are you also running with preemption enabled?  We're having a very tough 
time reproducing this bug in our lab, so no, we don't have any fix for it 
yet.

-PJ
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