netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] r8169: fix sleepable allocation during netdevice stats retrieval.

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Date:	Wed, 9 Sep 2015 17:55:11 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@...hat.com>
To:	poma <pomidorabelisima@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Mike Massonnet <m8t@...di.net>,
	Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer@...x-ag.uni-siegen.de>,
	Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@....de>,
	Hendrik Scholz <hscholz@...sdorf.net>,
	Florian Rivoal <frivoal@...e.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] r8169: fix sleepable allocation during netdevice
 stats retrieval.

On Sep  9 17:54, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Sep  9 17:24, poma wrote:
> > [PATCH net] r8169: Fix sleeping function called during get_stats64
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=144180123410135&q=raw
> > - the noise is still present
> 
> Are you really sure?  The entire dma_alloc/dma_free stuff has been moved
> away.  There's no locking or sleeping involved different from what was
> there before my original patch when calling .ndo_get_stats64.
> 
> How would I be able to reproduce this on the command line?

It would also be interesting to see the "noise" as it looks after
applying the above patch...


Corinna

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