netdev - Re: 2.6.36-rc7: net/bridge causes temporary network I/O lockups [2]

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Date:	Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:18:38 +0200
From:	Patrick Ringl <patrick_@...enet.de>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:	Patrick Ringl <patrick_@...enet.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.36-rc7: net/bridge causes temporary network I/O lockups [2]

On 10/20/2010 08:16 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:37:40PM +0200, Patrick Ringl wrote:
>    
>> Anything else I could possibly provide? :-)
>>      
> Yes, testing :)
>
> First of all I'd like to rule out (or in) the IPv6 query code,
> which is clearly generating a bogus packet (wrong payload_len).
>
> So can you apply this patch and see if it makes the problem
> go away? Please take packet dumps so we know that the IPv6 query
> is no longer being sent.
>    
Hi,

Hi,

sorry for the late response. I've been using your patch on 2.6.36 and 
unfortunately, the bogus ipv6 packet is not the cause of the lockups. I 
have attached two packet dumps (br0 and eth1) again.


regards,
Patrick
> Thanks,
>    


Download attachment "n_br0" of type "application/octet-stream" (1784 bytes)

Download attachment "n_eth1" of type "application/octet-stream" (1840 bytes)