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Subject: [Bug 60620] guest loses frequently (multiple times per day!)
 connectivity to network device
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:09:04 +0000
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60620

--- Comment #18 from Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com> ---
(In reply to Jason Wang from comment #17)
> Created attachment 114331 [details]
> patch to limit the head length of skb allocated
> Would you care to test this patch to see if it solves your problem?

I'm not an expert in kernel programming but wouldn't an oversized skb only
affect the current incoming packet and not the whole interface stability?
Because what I see is that indeed packets get dropped and then after a while
communication totally stops and also does not recover anymore (unless I
rmmod/modprobe virtio_net).

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