Re: BNX driver problem when mbuf clusters run out

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 07:39:33PM -0400, Beverly Schwartz wrote:
> Note, there is another condition in which we recycle mbufs,
> which suffers from the same problem.

The easiest approach for this is generally to invert the order. *First*
try to obtain an mbuf for the list. If that fails, just drop the newly
received packet. That avoids most of the complications.

Joerg