netdev - Re: r8169 driver from kernel 5.0 crashing

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Date:   Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:36:56 +0100
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     VDR User <user.vdr@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: r8169 driver from kernel 5.0 crashing - napi_consume_skb

On 18.03.2019 17:17, VDR User wrote:
> Just a quick check-in...  I was able to do a decent amount of testing
> yesterday after applying Heiner's patches that "removes an extra PCI
> register read in the
> interrupt handler" and adds some debug logging. So far I haven't seen
> any crashes, everything has been smooth. It may be worth noting that
> the last few crashes I saw occurred with less testing than I did
> yesterday. I'm not sure if luck is involved and will continue to test
> over the next few days unless otherwise instructed. Just wanted to
> keep you guys informed what I've seen so far.
> 
Thanks a lot for the feedback and your efforts! If the issue doesn't
occur again in the next days I'll submit the fix.

> Best regards,
> Derek
> 
Heiner