* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

quoted text
> > my first quick guess was to extend np->priv locking to the whole of 
> > nv_start_xmit/nv_start_xmit_optimized - while that appeared to make 
> > the crash a bit less likely, it did not prevent it. So there must be 
> > some other, more fundamental problem be left as well. At first 
> > glance the SMP locking looks OK, so maybe the ring indices are 
> > messed up somehow and we got into a 'ring head bites the tail' 
> > scenario?
> 
> to be specific, the patch below is what i tried - but it didnt 
> completely fix the crash.

the patch below works the crash around. It does not seem to be a 'tx 
ring head bits the tail' scenario:

 get_tx: 55, put_tx: 57
 get_tx: 80, put_tx: 86
 get_tx: 88, put_tx: 97
 get_tx: 97, put_tx: 109
 get_tx: 97, put_tx: 109
 get_tx: 111, put_tx: 117
 get_tx: 117, put_tx: 125
 get_tx: 127, put_tx: 137
 get_tx: 137, put_tx: 147
 get_tx: 147, put_tx: 149

	Ingo

------------>
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: [patch] forcedeth: work around NULL skb dereference crash

work around a NULL skb dereference crash that occurs during high load.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
 drivers/net/forcedeth.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Index: linux/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
+++ linux/drivers/net/forcedeth.c
@@ -1902,6 +1902,11 @@ static void nv_tx_done(struct net_device
 						np->stats.tx_carrier_errors++;
 					np->stats.tx_errors++;
 				} else {
+					if (!np->get_tx_ctx->skb) {
+						printk("get_tx: %ld, put_tx: %ld\n", np->get_tx_ctx - np->first_tx_ctx, np->put_tx_ctx - np->first_tx_ctx);
+						WARN_ON(1);
+						break;
+					}
 					np->stats.tx_packets++;
 					np->stats.tx_bytes += np->get_tx_ctx->skb->len;
 				}
@@ -1917,6 +1922,11 @@ static void nv_tx_done(struct net_device
 						np->stats.tx_carrier_errors++;
 					np->stats.tx_errors++;
 				} else {
+					if (!np->get_tx_ctx->skb) {
+						printk("get_tx: %ld, put_tx: %ld\n", np->get_tx_ctx - np->first_tx_ctx, np->put_tx_ctx - np->first_tx_ctx);
+						WARN_ON(1);
+						break;
+					}
 					np->stats.tx_packets++;
 					np->stats.tx_bytes += np->get_tx_ctx->skb->len;
 				}
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