Re: [stable] [stable-2.6.32 PATCH] ixgbe: backport bug fix for tx panic

[Jeff Kirsher]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 13:18, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:27:25AM -0700, Brandeburg, Jesse wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 25 May 2010, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 17:46, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > >
>> > > backporting this commit:
>> > >
>> > > commit fdd3d631cddad20ad9d3e1eb7dbf26825a8a121f
>> > > Author: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Date: Â Wed Feb 3 13:13:10 2010 +0000
>> > >
>> > > Â Âixgbe: Fix return of invalid txq
>> > >
>> > > Â Âa developer had complained of getting lots of warnings:
>> > >
>> > > Â Â"eth16 selects TX queue 98, but real number of TX queues is 64"
>> > >
>> > > Â Âhttp://www.mail-archive.com/e1000-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg02200.html
>> > >
>> > > Â ÂAs there was no follow up on that bug, I am submitting this
>> > > Â Âpatch assuming that the other return points will not return
>> > > Â Âinvalid txq's, and also that this fixes the bug (not tested).
>> > >
>> > > Â ÂSigned-off-by: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Â ÂSigned-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Â ÂAcked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Â ÂSigned-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > > Â ÂSigned-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >
>> > > CC: Brandon <brandon@xxxxxxxx>
>> > > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > > ---
>> > >
>> > > Âdrivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | Â Â8 ++++++--
>> > > Â1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> > >
>> >
>> > Greg - status? ÂDid you queue this patch for the stable release and I missed it?
>>
>> Maybe we didn't say (and we should have) that this fixes a panic on
>> machines with > 64 cores. ÂPlease apply to -stable 32.
>
> I'll get to it for the next release after this one, if that's ok.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
> --

I did not see this patch in the list of patches for the next release
of the stable kernel.  Just want to make sure this patch makes it this
time... :)

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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