[BUG] oops in net_rx_action on 64-bit powerpc
Chris Friesen
cfriesen at nortel.com
Sat Oct 25 16:42:48 EST 2008
David Miller wrote:
> From: "Chris Friesen" <cfriesen at nortel.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:39:00 -0600
>
>> So...it would appear that the NAPI code is somehow buggy, and
>> 6ba33ac should probably be reverted until the problem is found and
>> fixed.
>
> No I think the problem is simple enough that someone should study the
> ->poll() routine quickly and audit it's return values.
Assuming that amd8111e_rx_poll() is the proper routine, there is only one exit
point, and it returns "num_rx_pkt". This variable is initialized to zero and
increments for each packet sent up the stack.
Chris
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