Re: [PATCH 0/7] ROSE: Misc fixes

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 03:40:48PM +0200, f6bvp wrote:

> Hello Ralf,
> 
> Since my last post my two ROSE/FPAC nodes have been running
> flawlessly with last ROSE patches for nearly 17 days.
> Situation remains the same, i.e. from time to time use can still be
> negative.
> 
> Here is a /proc/net/rose/neigh dump from the machine running dual
> core CPU with SMP kernel :
> 
> /proc/net/rose_neigh
> addr  callsign  dev  count use mode restart  t0  tf digipeaters
> 00005 F6BVP-5   ax2      1   0  DTE      no   0   0
> 00004 F8COJ-11  ax2      2  -1  DTE      yes   0   0
> 00003 F6BVP-11  ax1     11   0  DTE      no   0   0
> 00002 K4GBB-12  ax2      9   0  DCE     yes   0   0
> 00001 RSLOOP-0  ???      1   2  DCE     yes   0   0
> 
> For the present time "use" parameter has returned to 0 for F8COJ-11
> node neighbor on the other system without
> manual change.
> Thus I guess some situations can reinitialize "use" counter.
> I will then investigate if use can also become negative on this
> second system if I do not switch to UMP
> mode at boot (removing maxcpus=1 boot option).
> 
> /proc/net/rose_neigh
> addr  callsign  dev  count use mode restart  t0  tf digipeaters
> 00020 F6BVP-5   ax0      1   0  DTE      no   0   0
> 00019 F6BVP-7   ax0      2   0  DTE      no   0   0
> 00018 F6BVP-9   ax2      2   0  DTE      no   0   0
> 00017 F3KT-11   ax0      3   0  DCE     yes   0   0
> 00016 F8COJ-11  ax0      2   0  DCE     yes   0   0
> 00015 F6GGY-9   ax0      3   0  DTE      no   0   0
> ....
> 00002 TI2HAS-9  ax0      5   0  DTE      no   0   0
> 00001 RSLOOP-0  ???      1   0  DCE     yes   0   0

This at least means there should be no regressions by my patch series and
it's getting time to send it upstream in a few days when I sorted out my
b0rked DSL line and new workstation.  With these holes plugged finding
what's actually causing the use counters to go negative should also have
gotten a little easier.

Thanks,

  Ralf
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