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Re: pktgen problem (skb refcount) in 2.6.12-rc1

To: Harald Welte <laforge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: pktgen problem (skb refcount) in 2.6.12-rc1
From: Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 13:41:27 +0200
Cc: Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Harald Welte writes:

 Hello!

 >>>   I've tried to track the problem down, and I've confirmed that skb->users
 >>> never goes down to 1 but instead stays at '2'.

 > no changes in kernel config.  I've reviewed pktgen changes and couldn't
 > find something that would cause the problem.  It always only
 > atomic_inc'ed the ussage cound (and decrements only in error path) which
 > is perfectly fine.

 OK! Thanks.

 > As for e1000 and or generic TX path changes, I don't have the time to
 > review them now, sorry :(  That's why I posted it to netdev, to let
 > people who have an idea about the committed changes know that there is
 > an issue.
 
 Well if it's skb leak it will be seen.
 
                                        --ro


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