From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S940868AbXGSRmC (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:42:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759604AbXGSRlt (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:41:49 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:33309 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758085AbXGSRls (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:41:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:41:33 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Olaf Kirch Cc: Jarek Poplawski , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, Auke Kok Subject: Re: [patch] revert: [NET]: Fix races in net_rx_action vs netpoll Message-ID: <20070719174133.GA30061@elte.hu> References: <20070716091236.GA10718@elte.hu> <20070719155230.GA31267@elte.hu> <20070719160556.GA3330@elte.hu> <200707191936.12646.olaf.kirch@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200707191936.12646.olaf.kirch@oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.1.7-deb -1.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Olaf Kirch wrote: > On Thursday 19 July 2007 18:05, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > that network-intense test also produced periodic broadcast packets that > > got the e1000 out of its weird state before the tx timeout could hit. > > Now that i've stopped the test, the network is quiescent again and the > > e1000 hangs. > > Can you confirm this by spraying the laptop with arp packets or > broadcast pings while it's booting? yes, i did exactly that, and it made the box boot. Ingo