netdev - Re: TCPBacklogDrops during aggressive bursts of traffic

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Message-ID: <1337099368.1689.47.camel@kjm-desktop.uk.level5networks.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 17:29:24 +0100
From:	Kieran Mansley <kmansley@...arflare.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: TCPBacklogDrops during aggressive bursts of traffic

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 16:56 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> Please try latest kernels, this is probably 'fixed'

I've just tried with 3.4.0-rc7 and the problem is still reproducible.
It's perhaps harder to reproduce than on 3.3.6 but still there.

> What network driver are you using ? 

The receiver is using the sfc driver that is included in the kernel
build, together with an SFC 9020 NIC. 

Kieran

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