From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [BUG] netpoll is unable to handle skb's using packet split Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:41:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20051114.214130.57199557.davem@davemloft.net> References: <9929d2390511141315t2fb15b2aucbbebcbe4cec7ef1@mail.gmail.com> <20051115052358.GG31287@waste.org> <20051114.213922.16377460.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: mpm@selenic.com In-Reply-To: <20051114.213922.16377460.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: "David S. Miller" Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:39:22 -0800 (PST) > From: Matt Mackall > Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:23:58 -0800 > > > What is "packet split" in this context? > > It's a mode of buffering used by the e1000 driver. BTW, the issue is that in packet split mode, the e1000 driver is feeding paged based non-linear SKBs into the stack on receive which is completely legal but aparently netpoll or something parsing netpoll RX packets does not handle it properly. That's why the reporter suggested that perhaps an skb_linearize() call could be added to fix the problem, but it is unknown whether that call can be made in the context in which it would be needed.