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

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Message-ID: <AANLkTimr7-8TIjuCjIbqrJSVH4VI-Pjp8plpjTubuTfE@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:37:13 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org>,
	Brandon <brandon@...p.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [stable] [stable-2.6.32 PATCH] ixgbe: backport bug fix for tx 
	panic

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 13:18, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:27:25AM -0700, Brandeburg, Jesse wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 25 May 2010, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
>>
>> > 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?
>>
>> Maybe we didn't say (and we should have) that this fixes a panic on
>> machines with > 64 cores.  Please apply to -stable 32.
>
> I'll get to it for the next release after this one, if that's ok.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
> --

I did not see this patch in the list of patches for the next release
of the stable kernel.  Just want to make sure this patch makes it this
time... :)

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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