netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: core: reduce recursion limit value

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:21:48 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        fw@...len.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: core: reduce recursion limit value

Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com> wrote:
> In the current code, ->ndo_start_xmit() can be executed recursively only
> 10 times because of stack memory.
> But, in the case of the vxlan, 10 recursion limit value results in
> a stack overflow.
[..]

> Fixes: 97cdcf37b57e ("net: place xmit recursion in softnet data")

That commit did not change the recursion limit,
11a766ce915fc9f86 ("net: Increase xmit RECURSION_LIMIT to 10.") did?