netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8169: Fix rtl8169_rx

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Date:	Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:12:57 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: Fix rtl8169_rx_interrupt()

Le mardi 16 mars 2010 à 08:50 +0200, Sergey Senozhatsky a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> Sure. Give me a couple of days. By the way, should I test against .34
> or .33?
> 

It's an old bug anyway, so you can pick up whats is the best for you.
My personal pref would be current kernel.

To trigger the original condition (fifo overflow), you might flood your
machine from another one with small packets, for example using pktgen.

Thanks


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