Re: WARNING: at net/core/dev.c:2161 net_rx_action()

From: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:24:30 +0200

> got this warning with Linus' latest -git tree:
> 
>   WARNING: at net/core/dev.c:2161 net_rx_action()
>    [<80564db4>] net_rx_action+0xce/0x186
>    [<8011ba98>] __do_softirq+0x6c/0xcf
>    [<8011bb2d>] do_softirq+0x32/0x36
>    [<8011bcae>] irq_exit+0x35/0x40
>    [<80104fdb>] do_IRQ+0x5c/0x71
>    [<801048cd>] do_nmi+0x8f/0x238
>    [<801033a3>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
>    =======================

This is a driver bug, the work "budget" passed into a driver's
->poll() handler should never be exceeded.  That's what this
warning assertion is checking.

What ethernet card is in your system and what driver is being
used to drive it?

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