netdev - Re: [PATCH net] sunvnet: set queue mapping when doing packet copies

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Date:	Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:21:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	david.stevens@...cle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sunvnet: set queue mapping when doing packet copies

From: David L Stevens <david.stevens@...cle.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:29:45 -0500

> 
> 
> This patch fixes a bug where vnet_skb_shape() didn't set the already-selected
> queue mapping when a packet copy was required. This results in using the
> wrong queue index for stops/starts, hung tx queues and watchdog timeouts
> under heavy load.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <david.stevens@...cle.com>
> Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
> 
> --
> I'm resubmitting this in its original form. Since skb_segment() doesn't do
> TCP flow control either, due to an incorrect destructor check, and those
> issues raised by Eric are a matter of fairness, while this missing queue_mapping
> assignment results in crashes, I'd like to get this piece fixed separately.

Fair enough, applied.

Please sort out the callback issues with Eric, thanks.
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