On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 23:12 +0200, John Bäckstrand wrote:
> Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > I don't have the card, so I can't test it. But if this works (after
> > removing the previous patch) then this is the better solution.
>
> I can confirm that this alone does not work for the simple
> unplug/re-
Steven Rostedt wrote:
I don't have the card, so I can't test it. But if this works (after
removing the previous patch) then this is the better solution.
I can confirm that this alone does not work for the simple
unplug/re-plug cycle I described, it still locks up hard. Tried this
alone on -r
On Saturday 06 August 2005 11:22, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 01:51:22AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > But why are we in a hurry to dump the backlog on the floor? Why are we
> > > worrying about the performance of netpoll without the cable plugged in
> > > at all? We shouldn't be
On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 01:51:22AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > But why are we in a hurry to dump the backlog on the floor? Why are we
> > worrying about the performance of netpoll without the cable plugged in
> > at all? We shouldn't be optimizing the data loss case.
>
> Because a system shouldn'
> But why are we in a hurry to dump the backlog on the floor? Why are we
> worrying about the performance of netpoll without the cable plugged in
> at all? We shouldn't be optimizing the data loss case.
Because a system shouldn't stall for minutes (or forever like right now)
at boot just because
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 11:56:50PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > I still don't like this fix. Yes, you're right, it should eventually
> > give up. But here it gives up way too easily - 5 could easily
> > translate to 5 microseconds. This is analogous to giving up on serial
> > transmit if CTS is dow
> I still don't like this fix. Yes, you're right, it should eventually
> give up. But here it gives up way too easily - 5 could easily
> translate to 5 microseconds. This is analogous to giving up on serial
> transmit if CTS is down for 5 loops.
>
> I'd be much happier if there were some udelay or
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 01:45:55PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> John B?ckstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I've been trying to hunt down a hard lockup issue with some hardware
> > of mine, but I've possibly hit a kernel bug instead. When using
> > netconsole on my e1000, if I unplug the cable
On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 07:36 -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:27:06 -0400
>
> > Darn it, since this should really be reported. Yes, the core netpoll
> > should bail out, but it is also a problem with the driver and should be
> > f
From: Steven Rostedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:27:06 -0400
> Darn it, since this should really be reported. Yes, the core netpoll
> should bail out, but it is also a problem with the driver and should be
> fixed.
I don't get how you can even remotely claim this to
be a proble
On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 16:14 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 10:10:13AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 15:55 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > > This is fixing the symptom and is not the cure. Unfortunately I don't
> > > > have a e1000 card so I can't try a f
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 10:10:13AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 15:55 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > This is fixing the symptom and is not the cure. Unfortunately I don't
> > > have a e1000 card so I can't try a fix. But I did have a e100 card that
> > > would lock up the s
On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 15:55 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > This is fixing the symptom and is not the cure. Unfortunately I don't
> > have a e1000 card so I can't try a fix. But I did have a e100 card that
> > would lock up the same way. The problem was that netpoll_poll calls the
> > cards netpoll
> This is fixing the symptom and is not the cure. Unfortunately I don't
> have a e1000 card so I can't try a fix. But I did have a e100 card that
> would lock up the same way. The problem was that netpoll_poll calls the
> cards netpoll routine (in e1000_main.c e1000_netpoll). In the e100
> case,
On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 13:45 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> John Bäckstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I've been trying to hunt down a hard lockup issue with some hardware
> > of mine, but I've possibly hit a kernel bug instead. When using
> > netconsole on my e1000, if I unplug the cable and th
Andi Kleen wrote:
The patch was for 2.6.12, did a quick untested port to 2.6.13rc5.
-Andi
Only try a limited number to send packets in netpoll
Thanks, worked nicely!
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John Bäckstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've been trying to hunt down a hard lockup issue with some hardware
> of mine, but I've possibly hit a kernel bug instead. When using
> netconsole on my e1000, if I unplug the cable and then re-plug it, the
> machine locks up hard. It manages to print
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