From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarek Poplawski Subject: Re: kernel panics with net_rx_action on kernels >2.6.26 Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:59:01 +0000 Message-ID: <20081216065901.GA4510@ff.dom.local> References: <20081215133521.GA6697@ff.dom.local> <4946B9DD.9010105@sbg.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , linux-net@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Alexander Huemer Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4946B9DD.9010105@sbg.ac.at> Sender: linux-net-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:11:09PM +0100, Alexander Huemer wrote: ... > i applied it to 2.6.28-rc8. > the machine is already running under heavy network load, as before, when > the panics occur. > heavy load means high packets/second values, not high byte/second values. > if you find that necessary for testing i will find a way to pump some > gigs through the machine. > let's see what happens. Actually, the bug I trie to fix in this patch doesn't depend on heavy load directly, but on counting: it should trigger after receiving 20 packets (or max_interrupt_work driver parameter if you use this), and then some break. > i will get back to you after a new panic or 2 days without panic. Regards, Jarek P.