netdev - Re: r8169 driver from kernel 5.0 crashing

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Date:   Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:35:22 -0700
From:   VDR User <user.vdr@...il.com>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...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

> > 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.

Since my last check-in, I have done a ton more testing, hammering the
nic with both directions of traffic. Not a single crash yet! At this
point I feel very confident that problem has been resolved with your
patch and would be very surprised if I see a crash going forward.
Unless there are reasons unknown to me I'd say the patch/fix is
ACK-worthy.

Thank you to everyone who helped sort this out!
Derek