Re: Kernel oops when putting the console option in /boot/grub/menu.lst

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

Hung Lin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using ipset-2.2.9 with kernel 2.6.11.4-21.13 (SuSE 9.3 kernel) and
> iptables-1.3.1-3 (SuSE 9.3 iptables) and everything is fine.  But after
> I added a console option to /boot/grub/menu.lst, the kenrel will hang
> sometimes and show kernel oops message on the monitor.  After research,
> I found it is `iptables -m hashlimit` command to cause this problem.
> Therefore, I did some tests:
> 
> I used a loop to insert and delete hashlimit rules to iptables, here's
> the result:
> 
> 1. with ipset patch and without console option in grub menu, no problem
> 
> 2. withotu ipset patch and with console option in grub menu, no problem
> 
> 3. with ipset patch and with console option in grub menu, kernel crashs
> after hundreds of iterations.
> 
> 
> It looks like console option in the grub menu has something conflict
> with ipset kernel patch.  But I don't understand.
> 
> Please give me your advices.  Thanks in advance.


Please send the oops.