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

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Message-ID: <55F1793C.50205@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:36:12 +0200
From:	poma <pomidorabelisima@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Mike Massonnet <m8t@...di.net>,
	Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@....de>,
	Hendrik Scholz <hscholz@...sdorf.net>,
	Florian Rivoal <frivoal@...e.org>,
	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] r8169: fix sleepable allocation during netdevice
 stats retrieval.

On 10.09.2015 10:47, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Sep 10 01:51, poma wrote:
>> [PATCH v2] r8169: Fix sleeping function called during get_stats64
>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg342490.html
>> - the noise is still present
>>
>> Corinna, care to share kernel-core & kernel-modules you are testing with,
>> to unravel the Gordian Knot?
> 
> Somehow your initrd seem to refuse to pick up the new kernel module.
> 
> Here's basically what I do:
> 
> - Test system is RHEL7
> 
> - git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git
> 
> - edit drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> 
> - make config; make -j42
> 
> - make install_modules && make install
> 
> - init 6
> 
> Alternatively, if you already did the above once:
> 
> - git am <from http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg342490.html>
> 
> - make modules
> 
> - cp drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.ko \
>   /lib/modules/4.2.0+/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> 
> - dracut -f --kver '4.2.0+'
> 
> - init 6
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 


[PATCH v3] r8169: Fix sleeping function called during get_stats64, v2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=144187488130444&q=raw

# dracut --omit-drivers r8169 -f --kver 4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc24.x86_64

- the noise is gone

Tested-by: poma <pomidorabelisima@...il.com>

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