netdev - Re: KVM induced panic on 2.6.38[2367] & 2.6.39

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Date:	Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:52:33 +0800
From:	Brad Campbell <lists2009@...rfbargle.com>
To:	CaT <cat@....com.au>
CC:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: KVM induced panic on 2.6.38[2367] & 2.6.39

On 01/06/11 19:18, CaT wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 06:53:31PM +0800, Brad Campbell wrote:
>> I rebooted into a netfilter kernel, and did all the steps I'd used
>> on the no-netfilter kernel and it ticked along happily.
>>
>> So the result of the experiment is inconclusive. Having said that,
>> the backtraces certainly smell networky.
>>
>> To get it to crash, I have to start IE in the VM and https to the
>> public address of the machine, which is then redirected by netfilter
>> back into another of the VM's.
>>
>> I can https directly to the other VM's address, but that does not
>> cause it to crash, however without netfilter loaded I can't bounce
>> off the public IP. It's all rather confusing really.
>>
>> What next Sherlock?
>
> I think you're hitting something I've seen. Can you try rewriting
> your firewall rules so that it does not reference any bridge
> interfaces at all. Instead, reference the real interface names
> in their place. I'm betting it wont crash.
>

Unfortunately the only interface that is mentioned by name anywhere in 
my firewall is $DMZ (which is ppp0 and not part of any bridge).

All of the nat/dnat and other horrible hacks are based on IP addresses.
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