Messages in this thread | | | From | Scott Feldman <> | Subject | Re: slab corruption in skb allocs | Date | Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:44:05 -0800 |
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On Mar 5, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Richard Fuchs wrote:
> Scott Feldman wrote: > >> Was NAPI turned on for e100 in 2.6.7? If not, turn NAPI on in the >> 2.6.7 driver and see if you get the same result. If you do, it's >> very likely the bug is in the e100 driver's NAPI implementation. > > looks like you are right, enabling NAPI in 2.6.7 does trigger this. > > what exactly is this?
A bug in the driver. I have a hunch: please try this patch with 2.6.9 or higher:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=110726809431611&w=2
> i didn't enable NAPI in any of the newer kernel versions i was trying, > so i'm somewhat confused. :)
NAPI is the only option for new kernels. 2.6.7 had both NAPI and non-NAPI.
> also, does this affect the e1000 driver in any way?
No. e1000 is a totally different driver/device with very similar name.
-scott
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