netdev - Re: [PATCH] Enhance AF_PACKET implementation to not require high order contiguous memory allocation

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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:53:49 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jpirko@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enhance AF_PACKET implementation to not require high
 order contiguous memory allocation

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 05:48:33PM -0700, Maciej Żenczykowski wrote:
> This is http://bugzilla.redhat.com/637619
> 
> I'm the original reporter and I haven't yet fully vetted / tested the
> patch (not directly related to my job and all that).
> 
I validated it.  You reported that tcpdump startup caused your system to
'freeze'.  I managed to recreate that situation, as observed by my system
becomming unresponsive on the console, and validated that that situation did not
occur when this patch was applied.

Neil

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