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SubjectRe: [BUG] Regression in 2fdac010 drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c: update napi implementation
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013, Ruslan N. Marchenko wrote:

> Hi Julia et al.,
>
> With this commit VIA NANO board get CPU lockup in random places on any network activity.
> The error is random, most of the times dead locked CPU on boot.
>
> After loading via-velocity module it hangs for a while and then spits kernel mesages
> about hanged tasks from varios places - like ata, rcu_preempt or network stack.
> Also, if you boot the box with network disconnected - it works, until you plug the network cable.
>
> On some kernel builds (like ubuntu stock) behaviour varies, sometimes the box itself works,
> but network stack dies after multiple ICMPv6 skb errors, so box ends up with network disconnected.
> Reloading network susbsys helps to recover for some time (depending on how fast eth led is blinking).
>
> Reverting the patch allows me to boot without problems even from latest Linus trunk and send this mail.

There has already been a discussion about this, and a patch has already
been proposed. It has to do with lock managament. I will look for the
email.

julia


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