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

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Date:	Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:22:26 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Brad Campbell <lists2009@...rfbargle.com>
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, CaT <cat@....com.au>,
	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

Le dimanche 05 juin 2011 à 21:45 +0800, Brad Campbell a écrit :
> On 05/06/11 16:14, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > On 06/03/2011 04:38 PM, Brad Campbell wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there anyone who can point me at the appropriate cage to rattle? I
> >> know it appears to be a netfilter issue, but I don't seem to be able
> >> to get a message to the list (and I am subscribed to it and have been
> >> getting mail for months) and I'm not sure who to pester. The other
> >> alternative is I just stop doing "that" and wait for it to bite
> >> someone else.
> >
> > The mailing list might be set not to send your own mails back to you.
> > Check the list archive.
> 
> Yep, I did that first..
> 
> Given the response to previous issues along the same line, it looks a 
> bit like I just remember not to actually use the system in the way that 
> triggers the bug and be happy that 99% of the time the kernel does not 
> panic, but have that lovely feeling in the back of the skull that says 
> "any time now, and without obvious reason the whole machine might just 
> come crashing down"..
> 
> I guess it's still better than running Xen or Windows..

Could you please try latest linux-2.6 tree ?

We fixed many networking bugs that could explain your crash.



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