Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 2 authors, 2013-03-29

Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: calxedaxgmac: fix rx ring handling when OOM

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2013-03-29 19:30:02
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From: Rob Herring <redacted>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:32:44 -0500
From: Rob Herring <redacted>

If skb allocation for the rx ring fails repeatedly, we can reach a point
were the ring is empty. In this condition, the driver is out of sync with
the h/w. While this has always been possible, the removal of the skb
recycling seems to have made triggering this problem easier.

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <redacted>
Applied.
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