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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv1 0/3 net-next] xen-netback: guest Rx queue drain and stall fixes



From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:14:01 -0400 (EDT)

> From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:08:52 +0100
> 
>> This series fixes two critical xen-netback bugs.
>> 
>> 1. Netback may consume all of host memory by queuing an unlimited
>>    number of skb on the internal guest Rx queue.  This behaviour is
>>    guest triggerable.
>> 
>> 2. Carrier flapping under high traffic rates which reduces
>>    performance.
>> 
>> The first patch is a prerequite.  Removing support for frontends with
>> feature-rx-notify makes it easier to reason about the correctness of
>> netback since it no longer has to support this outdated and broken
>> mode.
> 
> Series applied to net-next, thanks.

Correction, as these are critical bug fixes, I applied the series to 'net'.

Sorry for the confusion.

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