netdev - Re: [PATCH] sky2: receive dma mapping error handling

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Message-id: <4B62263F.9000508@majjas.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:05:19 -0500
From:	Michael Breuer <mbreuer@...jas.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	flyboy@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>,
	Don Fry <pcnet32@...izon.net>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2:  receive dma mapping error handling

On 1/28/2010 6:36 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Please try this patch (and only this patch), on 2.6.33-rc5[*];
> none of the other patches that did not make it upstream because that
> confuses things too much.
>
> The code that checks for DMA mapping errors on receive buffers would
> not handle errors correctly.  I doubt you have these errors, but if you
> did then it would explain the problems.  The code has to be a little
> tricky and build mapping for new rx buffer before releasing old one,
> that way if new mapping fails, the old one can be reused.
>
> If it works for you, I will resubmit with signed-off.
>
> ---
> * If you want to use DMA debugging, then you will also need the match patch.
>    
Ok - I'll also be running with the recent sched fork vs. hotplug vs. 
cpuset namespaces patch (commit 
fabf318e5e4bda0aca2b0d617b191884fda62703) from tip. Without that I get 
an rcu hang.

My plan then is to run with your patch, the rcu patch & the dma debug 
patch, but disable dma debug for now and see of the problem recurs. If 
it works, I'll know in a couple of days. If not, perhaps sooner :(.

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