RE: mpd client timeouts (bisected) 2.6.35-rc3

From: Shi, Alex
Date: Thu Jun 17 2010 - 01:17:12 EST


It fixed the aim7/specjbb2005 issues!

Tested-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx>


Regards!
Alex

>
>Needed to set the wcard bit in copy_skb_header otherwise it will not be cleared
>when called from skb_clone. Which then hits the loopback device gets pushed
>into the rx path and is eventually dropped. The following patch fixes this.
>Hopefully, this is easy and fast enough for you Dave.
>
>
>[PATCH] net: fix deliver_no_wcard regression on loopback device
>
>deliver_no_wcard is not being set in skb_copy_header.
>In the skb_cloned case it is not being cleared and
>may cause the skb to be dropped when the loopback device
>pushes it back up the stack.
>
>Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
>---
>
> net/core/skbuff.c | 1 +
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
>index 9f07e74..bcf2fa3 100644
>--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
>+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
>@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ static void __copy_skb_header(struct sk_buff *new, const
>struct sk_buff *old)
> new->ip_summed = old->ip_summed;
> skb_copy_queue_mapping(new, old);
> new->priority = old->priority;
>+ new->deliver_no_wcard = old->deliver_no_wcard;
> #if defined(CONFIG_IP_VS) || defined(CONFIG_IP_VS_MODULE)
> new->ipvs_property = old->ipvs_property;
> #endif
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