netdev - Re: [stable-2.6.32 PATCH] ixgbe: backport bug fix for tx panic

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinHm8ukQ3KlcrMKWvQ-QrlmBcWeVD-i99Q9Z7JL@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 00:15:12 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	stable@...nel.org, greg@...ah.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, Brandon <brandon@...p.org>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [stable-2.6.32 PATCH] ixgbe: backport bug fix for tx panic

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 17:46, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> wrote:
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
>
> backporting this commit:
>
> commit fdd3d631cddad20ad9d3e1eb7dbf26825a8a121f
> Author: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
> Date:   Wed Feb 3 13:13:10 2010 +0000
>
>    ixgbe: Fix return of invalid txq
>
>    a developer had complained of getting lots of warnings:
>
>    "eth16 selects TX queue 98, but real number of TX queues is 64"
>
>    http://www.mail-archive.com/e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg02200.html
>
>    As there was no follow up on that bug, I am submitting this
>    patch assuming that the other return points will not return
>    invalid txq's, and also that this fixes the bug (not tested).
>
>    Signed-off-by: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
>    Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
>    Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
>    Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>
> CC: Brandon <brandon@...p.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> ---
>
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    8 ++++++--
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>

Greg - status?  Did you queue this patch for the stable release and I missed it?

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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