From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: pktgen and spin_lock_bh in xmit path Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:54:16 -0700 Message-ID: <4ADDF948.1050208@candelatech.com> References: <4ADD309B.1040505@candelatech.com> <4ADD32FA.6030409@gmail.com> <4ADD41F5.5080707@candelatech.com> <4ADDF560.1020509@candelatech.com> <4ADDF6E5.4070509@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: NetDev , robert@herjulf.net To: Eric Dumazet Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:44095 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752717AbZJTRyR (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:54:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4ADDF6E5.4070509@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/20/2009 10:44 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > Please try last kernel before posting patches :) I should have looked at the latest code, but even if mac-vlan is no longer an issue, I suspect it may still be possible to get into this case with other virtual devices because pktgen plays tricks by cloning pkts. That said, I have no proof, so no further arguments from me. Thanks for pointing out the new mac-vlan patch. Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com