From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:34:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:34:21 -0400 Received: from [217.6.75.12] ([217.6.75.12]:5618 "EHLO ftp.prs.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:34:18 -0400 Message-ID: <3B1CE135.2D82A977@prs.de> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:40:05 +0200 From: Till Immanuel Patzschke Reply-To: tip@prs.de Organization: interNetwork AG X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: lots of pppd (down) stall SMP linux-2.4.x Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi folks, I have a pretty nasty problem w/ pppd (2.4.0) on SMP versions of 2.4.x (I've tried 2.4.0.SuSE to 2.4.4). I am running >25 pppds on a Dual-Pentium933, 3GB, Asus CUR-DLS motherboard (ServerWorks SE). The pppds are running fine (I am using pppoe plugin from Michael Ostrowski, and/or a user process doing the PPPoE). BUT once I try to bring the ppds down to fast (killall is a perfect way) the system stalls, i.e. no Oops, no login etc. however, switching consoles via keyboard works, ping'ing the IP from the net still works. None of the log files hold any useful information... If I bring the pppds down using a slow loop (one kill per second or slower) the machine does NOT stall. I'v tried many different SMP related patches from this list (ppp_async, tty) but none of them helped on my problem. And - of course - the problem does NOT exist on the same box using the same kernel base w/o SMP support!!! Any help is very much appreciated! Thanks Immanuel -- Till Immanuel Patzschke mailto: tip@internetwork-ag.de interNetwork AG Phone: +49-(0)611-1731-121 Bierstadter Str. 7 Fax: +49-(0)611-1731-31 D-65189 Wiesbaden Web: http://www.internetwork-ag.de