netdev - Re: [PATCHv1 0/3 net-next] xen-netback: guest Rx queue drain and stall fixes

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Date:	Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:14:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	david.vrabel@...rix.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
	ian.campbell@...rix.com, wei.liu2@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv1 0/3 net-next] xen-netback: guest Rx queue drain and
 stall fixes

From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:08:52 +0100

> This series fixes two critical xen-netback bugs.
> 
> 1. Netback may consume all of host memory by queuing an unlimited
>    number of skb on the internal guest Rx queue.  This behaviour is
>    guest triggerable.
> 
> 2. Carrier flapping under high traffic rates which reduces
>    performance.
> 
> The first patch is a prerequite.  Removing support for frontends with
> feature-rx-notify makes it easier to reason about the correctness of
> netback since it no longer has to support this outdated and broken
> mode.

Series applied to net-next, thanks.
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