From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] xen-netback: fix multiple extra info handling Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 22:08:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20160313.220816.289345459908765527.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1457613028-10381-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org To: paul.durrant@citrix.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:40353 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932512AbcCNCIT (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Mar 2016 22:08:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1457613028-10381-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Paul Durrant Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:30:25 +0000 > If a frontend passes multiple extra info fragments to netback on the guest > transmit side, because xen-netback does not account for this properly, only > a single ack response will be sent. This will eventually cause processing > of the shared ring to wedge. > > This series re-imports the canonical netif.h from Xen, where the ring > protocol documentation has been updated, fixes this issue in xen-netback > and also adds a patch to reduce log spam. Series applied, thanks Paul.