netdev - Re: [PATCH] e1000e: fix packet corruption and tx hang during NFSv2

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Message-ID: <20100305131825.GB17483@hmsreliant.think-freely.org>
Date:	Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:18:25 -0500
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000e: fix packet corruption and tx hang during NFSv2

On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 04:21:44AM -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> 
> when receiving a particular type of NFS v2 UDP traffic, the hardware could
> DMA some bad data and then hang, possibly corrupting memory.
> 
> Disable the NFS parsing in this hardware, verified to fix the bug.
> 
> Originally reported and reproduced by RedHat's Neil Horman
> CC: nhorman@...driver.com
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> ---
> 
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>

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