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

From: Jeff Kirsher
Date: Tue May 25 2010 - 03:15:25 EST


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? Did you queue this patch for the stable release and I missed it?

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Cheers,
Jeff
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