From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Caleb Cushing Subject: Re: large packet loss take2 2.6.31.x Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:19:54 -0500 Message-ID: <81bfc67a0911111219m1efff30cr3186987f9dbb3d4d@mail.gmail.com> References: <81bfc67a0910310721p21046931o9b512cfd0a8a7acb@mail.gmail.com> <200910311944.35922.elendil@planet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Frans Pop Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200910311944.35922.elendil@planet.nl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org not to be impatient or ungrateful, but has anyone had time to look at this? will I be able to upgrade to 31.6? will 32.0 work? On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Frans Pop wrote: > Adding netdev in CC. Original message + attachments follow. > > ========= > so ever since arch rolled out 2.6.31.x I've been having problems with > my network (again) where I've been losing a large amount of packets > (just testing with mtr somewhere between 30/50%). first I figured it > was the same problem as I had in 2.6.30.x (and maybe it is?) but that > appeared to get fixed. when I started bisecting the bug wasn't > apparent in 2.6.31.0 but I knew for sure it was in .5 (I couldn't > remember if I had noticed it again in .3) > > I'm attaching the bisection log and a 'good' dmesg output. > > c9fb3ded7a8a6769f3bcb3ef3d9aed61d3e376a9 is the first bad commit > > I'm not going to pretend to understand why this patch is breaking my > networking but between bisection and testing it appears to be... I've > never bisected before and I'm definitely not a kernel hacker (I can > barely read C). > > I should also note that the wireshark dump here > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13835 is related to this. > and if it's not the same bug then possibly a new one should be opened. > > P.S. I'm not subscribed to the list please CC me > > Caleb Cushing > http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com > > -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com