From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:46:49 -0700
> @@ -188,19 +186,14 @@ void netpoll_poll(struct netpoll *np) > static void refill_skbs(void) > { > struct sk_buff *skb; > - unsigned long flags; > > - spin_lock_irqsave(&skb_list_lock, flags); > - while (nr_skbs < MAX_SKBS) { > + while (skb_queue_len(&skb_pool) < MAX_SKBS) { Previously, the lock actually protected nr_skbs from going over MAX_SKBS properly, but the new code does not. skb_queue_len() is lockless. Stephen, I really appreciate your efforts to clean up netpoll, but on every iteration I am finding simple errors on the first patch every time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html