Package: src:linux Version: 3.11.5-1 Severity: grave Tags: patch Subject kind of says it all. My system freezes solidly as soon as I ifup the network interface. Please see e.g. http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg251287.html for more details.
Attached patch from mentioned URL fixes the problem for me. I haven't checked if kernel devs used the same patch, though. Michael
Description: prevent freeze in velocity based networking Origin: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg251312.html --- linux-3.11.5.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c +++ linux-3.11.5/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c @@ -2172,14 +2172,12 @@ static int velocity_poll(struct napi_str unsigned int rx_done; unsigned long flags; - spin_lock_irqsave(&vptr->lock, flags); /* * Do rx and tx twice for performance (taken from the VIA * out-of-tree driver). */ - rx_done = velocity_rx_srv(vptr, budget / 2); - velocity_tx_srv(vptr); - rx_done += velocity_rx_srv(vptr, budget - rx_done); + rx_done = velocity_rx_srv(vptr, budget); + spin_lock_irqsave(&vptr->lock, flags); velocity_tx_srv(vptr); /* If budget not fully consumed, exit the polling mode */
