netdev - Re: oops in tcp_xmit_retransmit

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Message-Id: <20100710.193634.229744909.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:36:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tj@...nel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	henning.fehrmann@....mpg.de, carsten.aulbert@....mpg.de
Subject: Re: oops in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue() w/ v2.6.32.15

From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:22:02 +0200

> We've been seeing oops in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue() w/ 2.6.32.15.
 ...
> Does anything ring a bell?

A long time ago we had a packet scheduler bug that could corrupt
the TCP socket queues, but that was fixed in 2.6.27 so would
definitely be fixed in your kernel.

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commit 69747650c814a8a79fef412c7416adf823293a3e
Author: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date:   Sun Aug 17 23:55:36 2008 -0700

    pkt_sched: Fix return value corruption in HTB and TBF.
    
    Based upon a bug report by Josip Rodin.
    
    Packet schedulers should only return NET_XMIT_DROP iff
    the packet really was dropped.  If the packet does reach
    the device after we return NET_XMIT_DROP then TCP can
    crash because it depends upon the enqueue path return
    values being accurate.
    
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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Nothing else jumps to mind, sorry.
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