Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] r8169: fix sleepable allocation during netdevice stats retrieval.

From: poma <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:36:12 +0200

On 10.09.2015 10:47, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Sep 10 01:51, poma wrote:
>> [PATCH v2] r8169: Fix sleeping function called during get_stats64
>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg342490.html
>> - the noise is still present
>>
>> Corinna, care to share kernel-core & kernel-modules you are testing with,
>> to unravel the Gordian Knot?
> 
> Somehow your initrd seem to refuse to pick up the new kernel module.
> 
> Here's basically what I do:
> 
> - Test system is RHEL7
> 
> - git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git
> 
> - edit drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> 
> - make config; make -j42
> 
> - make install_modules && make install
> 
> - init 6
> 
> Alternatively, if you already did the above once:
> 
> - git am <from http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg342490.html>
> 
> - make modules
> 
> - cp drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.ko \
>   /lib/modules/4.2.0+/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
> 
> - dracut -f --kver '4.2.0+'
> 
> - init 6
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 

[PATCH v3] r8169: Fix sleeping function called during get_stats64, v2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=144187488130444&q=raw

# dracut --omit-drivers r8169 -f --kver 4.3.0-0.rc0.git11.1.fc24.x86_64

- the noise is gone

Tested-by: poma <[email-masked]>