* Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but this one should be inactive (not plugged into the network). > > Should i try to get a debug print out of the actual 'weight' and > > 'work' integers, and of the n->poll function address? > > ok, i've added such a patch. > > looking at the dev.c code - can napi_struct->weight be zero > legitimately? If yes then the 0 gets passed to the driver and the > driver would return 1 - violating the assertion.
update: [ 186.635916] WARNING: at net/core/dev.c:2166 net_rx_action() [ 186.641351] [<c060d9f5>] net_rx_action+0x145/0x1b0 [ 186.646191] [<c011d752>] __do_softirq+0x42/0x90 [ 186.650784] [<c011d7c6>] do_softirq+0x26/0x30 [ 186.655202] [<c011db48>] local_bh_enable+0x48/0xa0 [ 186.660055] [<c06023e0>] lock_sock_nested+0xa0/0xc0 [ 186.664995] [<c065da16>] tcp_recvmsg+0x16/0xbc0 [ 186.669588] [<c013e94b>] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x27b/0x520 [ 186.676001] [<c0601d75>] sock_common_recvmsg+0x45/0x70 [ 186.681202] [<c05ff5df>] sock_aio_read+0x11f/0x140 [ 186.686054] [<c015c086>] do_sync_read+0xc6/0x110 [ 186.690735] [<c012b9b0>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [ 186.696280] [<c060dcfc>] net_tx_action+0x3c/0xe0 [ 186.700961] [<c015c9c2>] vfs_read+0x132/0x140 [ 186.705378] [<c015cd41>] sys_read+0x41/0x70 [ 186.709625] [<c0102b66>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0x89 [ 186.714651] ======================= [ 186.718210] work: 65, weight: 64 [ 186.721414] ->poll: (nv_napi_poll+0x0/0x760) so nv_napi_poll() returned with 65. How is that possible? Ah ...: (rx_processed_cnt++ < limit)) { that should be: (++rx_processed_cnt < limit)) { right? Find the fix below. Ingo --------------------> Subject: forcedeth: fix the NAPI poll function From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> fix the forcedeth NAPI poll function to not emit this warning: [ 186.635916] WARNING: at net/core/dev.c:2166 net_rx_action() [ 186.641351] [<c060d9f5>] net_rx_action+0x145/0x1b0 [ 186.646191] [<c011d752>] __do_softirq+0x42/0x90 [ 186.650784] [<c011d7c6>] do_softirq+0x26/0x30 [ 186.655202] [<c011db48>] local_bh_enable+0x48/0xa0 [ 186.660055] [<c06023e0>] lock_sock_nested+0xa0/0xc0 [ 186.664995] [<c065da16>] tcp_recvmsg+0x16/0xbc0 [ 186.669588] [<c013e94b>] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x27b/0x520 [ 186.676001] [<c0601d75>] sock_common_recvmsg+0x45/0x70 [ 186.681202] [<c05ff5df>] sock_aio_read+0x11f/0x140 [ 186.686054] [<c015c086>] do_sync_read+0xc6/0x110 [ 186.690735] [<c012b9b0>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 [ 186.696280] [<c060dcfc>] net_tx_action+0x3c/0xe0 [ 186.700961] [<c015c9c2>] vfs_read+0x132/0x140 [ 186.705378] [<c015cd41>] sys_read+0x41/0x70 [ 186.709625] [<c0102b66>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0x89 [ 186.714651] ======================= Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/forcedeth.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux/drivers/net/forcedeth.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c +++ linux/drivers/net/forcedeth.c @@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ static int nv_rx_process(struct net_devi while((np->get_rx.orig != np->put_rx.orig) && !((flags = le32_to_cpu(np->get_rx.orig->flaglen)) & NV_RX_AVAIL) && - (rx_processed_cnt++ < limit)) { + (++rx_processed_cnt < limit)) { dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_rx_process: flags 0x%x.\n", dev->name, flags); @@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@ static int nv_rx_process_optimized(struc while((np->get_rx.ex != np->put_rx.ex) && !((flags = le32_to_cpu(np->get_rx.ex->flaglen)) & NV_RX2_AVAIL) && - (rx_processed_cnt++ < limit)) { + (++rx_processed_cnt < limit)) { dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: nv_rx_process_optimized: flags 0x%x.\n", dev->name, flags); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/