From f6d31d7243077efe65a438216a847569d89aec29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Boettcher <alexander.boettcher@genode-labs.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:43:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] dde_ipxe: catch exception instead of dying silently

Fix #593
---
 dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc b/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc
index 9e4a04700..4eae04191 100644
--- a/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc
+++ b/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ namespace Ipxe {
 
 			void rx_handler(const char *packet, unsigned packet_len)
 			{
-				void *buffer = _alloc.alloc(packet_len);
-				Genode::memcpy(buffer, packet, packet_len);
-				_alloc.submit();
+				try {
+					void *buffer = _alloc.alloc(packet_len);
+					Genode::memcpy(buffer, packet, packet_len);
+					_alloc.submit();
+				} catch (...) {
+					PDBG("failed to process received packet");	
+				}
 			}