From: Ralf Baechle DO1GRB <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Bernard Pidoux <pidoux@ccr.jussieu.fr>
Cc: Jeroen Vreeken <pe1rxq@amsat.org>,
davem@redhat.com, linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ax25 Locking fix
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:26:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040228172650.GA4106@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <402D694E.5080802@ccr.jussieu.fr>
On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 12:18:22AM +0000, Bernard Pidoux wrote:
> Is there any chance that you could have a look at rose.o module code in
> order to fix a kernel panic problem.
> If rose module is just installed it can be removed and reinstalled
> without problem.
> But as soon as I do "ifconfig rose0 2080175502" I have a kernel panic.
> Also if I perform a rsattach and try to remove the module then I have a
> kernel oops.
I assume you meant "ifconfig rose0 hw rose 2080175502"? Without the
"hw rose" it's just an obscure way to set the ip address to 12.104.129.142.
> Once I had the chance to catch this message from syslog@f6bvp
> (f6bvp is the actual name of my Linux machine):
>
> f6bvp kernel : unregister_net_device : wainting for rose0 to become
> free. Usage count =1
> repeats x times ...
>
> and then I observed a catastrophic PC reboot.
Sounds like a problem with reference counting, can't be hard to fix.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-28 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-13 22:48 [PATCH] ax25 Locking fix Jeroen Vreeken
2004-02-14 0:18 ` Bernard Pidoux
2004-02-28 17:26 ` Ralf Baechle DO1GRB [this message]
2004-02-14 5:33 ` David S. Miller
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