netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: reduce RECURSION

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Message-Id: <20160110.175903.128469004176677319.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:59:03 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: reduce RECURSION_LIMIT to 8

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Thu,  7 Jan 2016 18:40:53 +0100

> This patch tries to be conservative and reduces the limit to 8
> without further measurements. It seems ovs uses the stack more than
> other parts of the networking stack - I couldn't bring the system
> down with a non-ovs tunneling setup.

Can we figure out why OVS sucks so much wrt. stack usage instead?

I'd rather not paper over something like this, especially when it's
OVS which I'm completely not in the mood to specially cater for in
any way, shape, or form.