Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:31:32 +1030 | From | Jonathan Woithe <> | Subject | Re: r8169 regression: UDP packets dropped intermittantly |
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 05:26:59PM +1030, Jonathan Woithe wrote: > Is there any more information that can be provided (or tests done) to assist > in tracking this problem down? Based on the tests done in December it seems > that the problem only affects specific RTL-8169 variants, with most being > ok. Is it a case that we simply need to accept that for the greater good > commit da78dbff2e05630921c551dbbc70a4b7981a8fff has permanently broken > Netgear GA311 [1] network cards with respect to these UDP packets and that > nothing can be done?
For future reference, commit 6b839b6cf9eada30b086effb51e5d6076bafc761 ("r8169: fix NAPI handling under high load") appears to have fixed the regression documented by this thread. Thanks to Heiner Kallweit for the work which lead to this solution.
Regards jonathan
> [1] Or perhaps any using the RTL8110s variant.
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