netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: calxedaxgmac: fix rx ring handling when OOM

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Message-Id: <20130329.152958.576829381792957267.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:29:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	robherring2@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: calxedaxgmac: fix rx ring handling when OOM

From: Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:32:44 -0500

> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>
> 
> If skb allocation for the rx ring fails repeatedly, we can reach a point
> were the ring is empty. In this condition, the driver is out of sync with
> the h/w. While this has always been possible, the removal of the skb
> recycling seems to have made triggering this problem easier.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>

Applied.
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