netdev - Re: IPSec freeze

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:07:21 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Beschorner Daniel <Daniel.Beschorner@...ton.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPSec freeze

Beschorner Daniel wrote:
>>I'm running IPsec in the same setup as you describe above without
>>problems. I'm probably not seeing ICMP frag requireds on the wire
>>though since I believe the entire path is >= 1492.
>>
>>Could you try to find out whether those are responsible?
>>
> 
> 
> It's definitely the first large packet or corresponding ICMP that
> triggers the crash, slow packets don't harm.
> IPSec on pathes with a PMTU of 1500 works fine.


I recreated the same setup here, but things work fine even with
different MTUs. Please try to narrow it down further or capture
some more information (serial console/netconsole,
CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP, ..).

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