1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 48ad47f402ad..50daccad6a53 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2177,6 +2177,9 @@ static inline int __dev_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
         return rc;
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, xmit_recursion);
+#define RECURSION_LIMIT 3
+
 /**
  *      dev_queue_xmit - transmit a buffer
  *      @skb: buffer to transmit
@@ -2242,10 +2245,15 @@ int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
                 if (txq->xmit_lock_owner != cpu) {
 
+                        if (__this_cpu_read(xmit_recursion) > RECURSION_LIMIT)
+                                goto recursion_alert;
+
                         HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, cpu);
 
                         if (!netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq)) {
+                                __this_cpu_inc(xmit_recursion);
                                 rc = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq);
+                                __this_cpu_dec(xmit_recursion);
                                 if (dev_xmit_complete(rc)) {
                                         HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
                                         goto out;
@@ -2257,7 +2265,9 @@ int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
                                        "queue packet!\n", dev->name);
                 } else {
                         /* Recursion is detected! It is possible,
-                         * unfortunately */
+                         * unfortunately
+                         */
+recursion_alert:
                         if (net_ratelimit())
                                 printk(KERN_CRIT "Dead loop on virtual device "
                                        "%s, fix it urgently!\n", dev->name);