netdev - Re: kernel 3.2.27 on arm: WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:2109 __alloc_pages

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Date:	Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:15:51 +0200
From:	Maxime Bizon <mbizon@...ebox.fr>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Madore <david+ml@...ore.org>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: kernel 3.2.27 on arm: WARNING: at mm/page_alloc.c:2109
 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x1d4/0x68c()


On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 17:04 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> 
> What I plan is to not shrink size, unless specifically asked.
> 
> Its 3.8 material anyway, so a stable fix is needed on skb_recycle()
> and NET_SKB_PAD minimal value.

You think removing skb_recycle() is too big a change for stable ?

Driver change is simple, as recycling is not guaranteed today you have
this:

 if (!try_recycle(skb))
    skb = alloc_skb()
> 
we just remove the try_recycle part, we are not adding any new code
path.


I'm not the right person to give you a correct NET_SKB_PAD value, I have
a lot of out of tree patches in my kernels, some custom drivers as well
that needs quite a lot of headroom, and uncommon network setup.

-- 
Maxime


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