Re: [PATCH v2] net: alx: use custom skb allocator

2016-05-29 Thread Feng Tang
Hi Eric, On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 06:08:22AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 16:41 +0800, Feng Tang wrote: > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 07:53:41PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > > > > > > > But now that we have at least two instances of this code we really > > > need to put a comm

Re: [PATCH v2] net: alx: use custom skb allocator

2016-05-26 Thread David Miller
From: Feng Tang Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 16:41:55 +0800 > Maybe the driver maintainer from Atheros could take a look, as they > can reach all the real HWs :) Don't hold your breath.

Re: [PATCH v2] net: alx: use custom skb allocator

2016-05-26 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 16:41 +0800, Feng Tang wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 07:53:41PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > > > > But now that we have at least two instances of this code we really > > need to put a common version somewhere. :-/ > > I agree, and furthermore I noticed there are some sim

Re: [PATCH v2] net: alx: use custom skb allocator

2016-05-26 Thread Feng Tang
On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 07:53:41PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: Feng Tang > Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 14:49:54 +0800 > > > This patch follows Eric Dumazet's commit 7b70176421 for Atheros > > atl1c driver to fix one exactly same bug in alx driver, that the > > network link will be lost in 1-5 m

Re: [PATCH v2] net: alx: use custom skb allocator

2016-05-25 Thread David Miller
From: Feng Tang Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 14:49:54 +0800 > This patch follows Eric Dumazet's commit 7b70176421 for Atheros > atl1c driver to fix one exactly same bug in alx driver, that the > network link will be lost in 1-5 minutes after the device is up. > > My laptop Lenovo Y580 with Atheros AR8

[PATCH v2] net: alx: use custom skb allocator

2016-05-24 Thread Feng Tang
This patch follows Eric Dumazet's commit 7b70176421 for Atheros atl1c driver to fix one exactly same bug in alx driver, that the network link will be lost in 1-5 minutes after the device is up. My laptop Lenovo Y580 with Atheros AR8161 ethernet device hit the same problem with kernel 4.4, and it w