Re: [patch] revert: [NET]: Fix races in net_rx_action vs netpoll

From: Olaf Kirch
Date: Tue Jul 17 2007 - 14:07:40 EST


Hi Ingo,

On Tuesday 17 July 2007 18:57, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> i've done the patch below, but it did not change the timeouts nor did it
> solve the 'no network' problem. netconsole output hung earlier as well.
Hm, pity.

To rule out any e1000 problem, can you try the the following please,
both with HZ=250 and HZ=1000?

Olaf
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---
---
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: build-2.6/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
===================================================================
--- build-2.6.orig/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ build-2.6/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3871,10 +3871,17 @@ e1000_intr(int irq, void *data)
adapter->total_rx_bytes = 0;
adapter->total_rx_packets = 0;
__netif_rx_schedule(netdev);
- } else
+ } else {
/* this really should not happen! if it does it is basically a
* bug, but not a hard error, so enable ints and continue */
+ static unsigned int been_here = 0;
+
+ been_here++;
+ if (net_ratelimit())
+ printk(KERN_NOTICE "e1000_intr and rx_sched set (%u); state=0x%lx\n",
+ been_here, netdev->state);
e1000_irq_enable(adapter);
+ }
#else
/* Writing IMC and IMS is needed for 82547.
* Due to Hub Link bus being occupied, an interrupt
-
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