netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] ppp: Fix one deadlock issue of PPP when send frame

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:57:11 +0200
From:   Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
To:     Feng Gao <gfree.wind@...il.com>
Cc:     Gao Feng <fgao@...ai8.com>, paulus@...ba.org,
        linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] ppp: Fix one deadlock issue of PPP when send frame

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 06:52:58AM +0800, Feng Gao wrote:
> Hi Guillaume,
> 
> Thanks your detail analyses.
> Now I think it is a good solution that just drop the packet and print
> error log instead my original solution that supports reentrant. This
> solution will not bring any side effects.
> 
At least it should improve the situation.
I'm still uncomfortable with this approach because it only fixes part
of the problem. But I have nothing better to propose for now.