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

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Date:	Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:31:24 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	Brad Campbell <brad@...rfbargle.com>,
	Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@...dora.be>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: KVM induced panic on 2.6.38[2367] & 2.6.39

Le mardi 07 juin 2011 à 17:35 +0200, Patrick McHardy a écrit :

> The main suspects would be NAT and TCPMSS. Did you also try whether
> the crash occurs with only one of these these rules?
> 
> > I've just compiled out CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER and can no longer access
> > the address the way I was doing it, so that's a no-go for me.
> 
> That's really weird since you're apparently not using any bridge
> netfilter features. It shouldn't have any effect besides changing
> at which point ip_tables is invoked. How are your network devices
> configured (specifically any bridges)?

Something in the kernel does 

u16 *ptr = addr (given by kmalloc())

ptr[-1] = 0;

Could be an off-one error in a memmove()/memcopy() or loop...

I cant see a network issue here.

I checked arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S and it seems fine.



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