Hi Geert,
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:16:47PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 01:16:41PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> I don't know if this was reported before (I'm not subscribed to netdev),
> >> but
> >> Google couldn't find it:
> >>
> >> lo uses DEPRECATED zero tx_queue_len - convert driver to use
> >> IFF_NO_QUEUE instead
> >
> > This is fixed by commit e65db2b ("net: loopback: convert to using
> > IFF_NO_QUEUE"), part of a bigger series converting drivers (see here:
> > http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2015/08/18/52).
>
> Strange, that commit is included in my tree, which is based on
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geert/renesas-drivers.git/
> and includes net-next?
I'm sorry, the above statement was too quickly put. Florian Westphal
confirmed the problem you are seeing privately, and I can follow from
looking at the code. Obviously I failed to notice that by using
alloc_netdev instead of alloc_etherdev, there is a way for drivers to
circumvent ether_setup completely which leaves tx_queue_len
uninitialized (i.e., 0) and therefore triggers the warning.
I'm yet unsure how to properly fix this issue, but moving the check to a
more appropriate place is certainly advisable.
Thanks for pointing this out,
Phil
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