linux-kernel - Re: assertion (packets <= tp->packets

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Message-ID: <2c0942db0803020915y438bd922h8022267f6f7914fe@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:15:41 -0800
From:	"Ray Lee" <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
To:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Cc:	"kernel list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: assertion (packets <= tp->packets_out) failed

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Ilpo Järvinen
<ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi> wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Ray Lee wrote:
>
>  > Wireless below is b43, wired interface (tg3) was disconnected. I run
>  > openvpn which uses a tun interface and regularly sends a heartbeat
>  > even when not in use. The trace appeared twice.
>  >
>  > Likely unrelated but reporting just for completeness: about fifteen
>  > minutes after this the system oopsed when I told my wireless base
>  > station to switch from mixed B/G to just B. I'll be taking that up
>  > separately with the bcm43xx list.
>  >
>  > Mar  1 11:06:37 phoenix kernel: [35251.208275] eth1: switched to short
>  > barker preamble (BSSID=00:16:01:d1:44:3e)
>  > Mar  1 11:06:37 phoenix kernel: [35251.320282] eth1: switched to long
>  > barker preamble (BSSID=00:16:01:d1:44:3e)
>  > Mar  1 11:08:28 phoenix kernel: [35274.396163] KERNEL: assertion
>  > (packets <= tp->packets_out) failed at net/ipv4/tcp_input.c (2139)
>  > Mar  1 11:08:29 phoenix kernel: [35274.406126] ------------[ cut here
>  > ]------------
>  > Mar  1 11:08:29 phoenix kernel: [35274.406132] WARNING: at
>  > net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:2506 tcp_ack+0xe3f/0x1b12()
>
>  Do people ever look into archives before posting? I'm a bit tired of point
>  to the debug patch:
>
>  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120418703023153&w=2

I'm sorry, I managed to miss it. I'll apply the patch and report back.

Thank you.