linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18 forcedeth GSO panic on send

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Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:58:58 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18 forcedeth GSO panic on send

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 11:17:57PM +0000, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> 
> I am using an AMD64 box with 32bit userspace / 64bit kernel.
> 
> Kernels 2.6.18 and 2.6.18.1 semi-randomly hang when I upload stuff
> over the net - for example, "svn commit", scp are affected.
> 2.6.17.11 does not seem to be affected.
> 
> Unfortunately even 60-line screen is not big enough
> to catch whole trace. There are at least two traces,
> and first scrolls off. I have a photo at
> http://busybox.net/~vda/gso_panic/forcedeth_gso_panic.jpg

Looks like a network stack bug rather than a driver problem.
However, I'd really like to see the first oops including the
print out from skb_over_panic.

Could you try booting with pause_on_oops=1 or perhaps use a
serial console?

Thanks,
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