From: Daniele Venzano <webvenza@libero.it>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Dominik Karall <dominik.karall@gmx.net>,
Linux Kernel ML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Daniele Venzano <webvenza@libero.it>
Subject: Re: SiS900: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring, skipping
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:29:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040728122925.GD23762@gateway.milesteg.arr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41068126.3000009@pobox.com>
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 12:21:58PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> The OOM problem is completely unrelated to the network, therefore no
> reset should ever be considered for this condition.
>
> The driver should properly handle the 'NULL in rx ring' condition as a
> normal occurence. It should skip to the next available skb in the ring.
> If no skbs are remain, it should drop the skb.
>
> See natsemi.c for additional -- and optional -- OOM handling techniques.
>
> Jeff
I will check this for the sis900 driver.
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Daniele Venzano
Web: http://teg.homeunix.org
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-28 12:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-23 18:52 Dominik Karall
2004-07-25 9:21 ` Dominik Karall
2004-07-27 15:26 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-07-27 16:14 ` Dominik Karall
2004-07-27 16:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-07-28 12:29 ` Daniele Venzano [this message]
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