From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com,
Doug Berger <opendmb@gmail.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>,
Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@linux.dev>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Allow disabling pause frames on panic
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 15:57:02 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251104155702.0b2aadb3@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251104221348.4163417-1-florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 14:13:46 -0800 Florian Fainelli wrote:
> This patch set allows disabling pause frame generation upon encountering
> a kernel panic. This has proven to be helpful in lab environments where
> devices are still being worked on, will panic for various reasons, and
> will occasionally take down the entire Ethernet switch they are attached to.
FWIW this still feels like a hack to work around having broken switches
to me :( Not sure how to stomach having a sysfs knob for every netdev on
the planet for one lab with cheap switches..
If anyone else has similar problems please speak up?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-04 23:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-04 22:13 [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Allow disabling pause frames on panic Florian Fainelli
2025-11-04 22:13 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: ethernet: Allow disabling pause " Florian Fainelli
2025-11-04 22:44 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2025-11-06 21:27 ` Florian Fainelli
2025-11-04 22:13 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: bcmgenet: Add support for set_pauseparam_panic Florian Fainelli
2025-11-04 23:57 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-11-06 21:17 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Allow disabling pause frames on panic Florian Fainelli
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