linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.25-rc6: WARNING: at net/ipv4/tcp

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Message-ID: <47F75DE5.4060407@unixsol.org>
Date:	Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:09:25 +0300
From:	Georgi Chorbadzhiyski <gf@...xsol.org>
To:	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.25-rc6: WARNING: at net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:2510

Around 04/04/08 22:15, Ilpo Järvinen scribbled:
>> The machine that gave me this error is a http and ftp server handling not
>> very busy distro mirror (if this can give you any clues).
>>
>>> processing expensive verification of TCP state (validates TCP write queue 
>>> invariants multiple times per ACK by scanning through the write queue) on 
>>> such machine?
>> How to run such a thing, can you give me some pointers?
> 
> I sent the patch recently to netdev/lkml:
> 
>   http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=120733529216457&w=2
> 
> But it's very expensive in processing wise so it might not be wise to put 
> it in if performance is important for you.

Ok, I patched the kernel and will let it run for a while. Performance is
an issue but I think it's better to pinpoint the bug.

-- 
Georgi Chorbadzhiyski
http://georgi.unixsol.org/
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