From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Kirsher Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] e1000e: stop cleaning when we reach tx_ring->next_to_use Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:13:18 -0700 Message-ID: <1270181598.14388.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <4BB3AA30.3060906@hp.com> <20100401.193355.255461107.davem@davemloft.net> Reply-To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "terry.loftin@hp.com" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" , "Brandeburg, Jesse" To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:59337 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751279Ab0DBENU (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:13:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100401.193355.255461107.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 19:33 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Terry Loftin > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:01:52 -0600 > > > Tx ring buffers after tx_ring->next_to_use are volatile and could > > change, possibly causing a crash. Stop cleaning when we hit > > tx_ring->next_to_use. > > > > Signed-off-by: Terry Loftin > > Intel folks please look carefully at this fix. I want to > get it into net-2.6 if it's correct. > > Thanks. Got this one as well... -- Cheers, Jeff