netdev - Re: [PATCH] pktgen: Clone skb to avoid corruption of skbs in ndo_start

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Message-ID: <1311108107.3113.22.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:41:47 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktgen: Clone skb to avoid corruption of skbs in
 ndo_start_xmit methods

Le mardi 19 juillet 2011 à 22:29 +0200, Jiri Pirko a écrit :

> You are right, but it may not cause panic, right? In case this patch
> would cause significant performance regression, how about to just forbid
> pktgen to run on soft-netdevs ?
> 

Please do

Note : a sysadmin has other ways to make a machine panic or reboot or
halt...



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