From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764818AbXGPMUH (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:20:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756565AbXGPMT4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:19:56 -0400 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:17163 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756370AbXGPMT4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:19:56 -0400 From: Olaf Kirch Organization: Oracle To: David Miller Subject: Re: [patch] revert: [NET]: Fix races in net_rx_action vs netpoll Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:18:41 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: mingo@elte.hu, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20070716091236.GA10718@elte.hu> <20070716.042640.18306462.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20070716.042640.18306462.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200707161418.42852.olaf.kirch@oracle.com> X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Monday 16 July 2007 13:26, David Miller wrote: > Well, let's figure out why before we revert because it > is attempting to fix a legitimate bug. > > Olaf, any ideas? It seems as if the card is stuck in NAPI mode without being serviced by net_rx_action. Ingo, is this a UP or SMP machine? Are you still getting output from netconsole, or is the network down completely? Olaf -- Olaf Kirch | --- o --- Nous sommes du soleil we love when we play okir@lst.de | / | \ sol.dhoop.naytheet.ah kin.ir.samse.qurax