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

Brad Campbell
2011-06-01T11:52:33Z

On 01/06/11 19:18, CaT wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 06:53:31PM +0800, Brad Campbell wrote:
>> I rebooted into a netfilter kernel, and did all the steps I'd used
>> on the no-netfilter kernel and it ticked along happily.
>>
>> So the result of the experiment is inconclusive. Having said that,
>> the backtraces certainly smell networky.
>>
>> To get it to crash, I have to start IE in the VM and https to the
>> public address of the machine, which is then redirected by netfilter
>> back into another of the VM's.
>>
>> I can https directly to the other VM's address, but that does not
>> cause it to crash, however without netfilter loaded I can't bounce
>> off the public IP. It's all rather confusing really.
>>
>> What next Sherlock?
>
> I think you're hitting something I've seen. Can you try rewriting
> your firewall rules so that it does not reference any bridge
> interfaces at all. Instead, reference the real interface names
> in their place. I'm betting it wont crash.
>

Unfortunately the only interface that is mentioned by name anywhere in
my firewall is $DMZ (which is ppp0 and not part of any bridge).

All of the nat/dnat and other horrible hacks are based on IP addresses.