Re: Potential IPSec DoS/Kernel Panic with 2.6.13

[Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 9/4/05, Matt LaPlante <laplam@rpi.edu> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Herbert Xu
> > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 4:24 AM
> > To: Matt LaPlante
> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: Potential IPSec DoS/Kernel Panic with 2.6.13
> >
> > Matt LaPlante <laplam@rpi.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > network connectivity on my router.  Upon further inspection I noticed
> > the
> > > packet had actually caused a kernel panic (visible only on the monitor,
> > now
> > > also unresponsive).
> >
> > Thanks for the report.  I'll try to track it down.
> >
> > If you could jot down the important bits of the panic message
> > (IP, Call-Trace) it would help me find the problem much quicker.
> 
> I'd be more than happy to help you track this one down.  The problem here is
> that the panic scrolls up and off the screen after which the system is
> unusable.  Is there a way for me to capture it or redirect it somewhere that
> I can read it?  I can also include my kernel config or any other system
> details of interest.  Thanks.
> 
serial console over a cross-over cable to a second box.
netconsole will let you put the console on a different box over the network.
console on line printer will let you have a permanent record of the
console output on paper.

See 
 Documentation/serial-console.txt
 Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
 the help entry for "config LP_CONSOLE" (in drivers/char/Kconfig)


-- 
Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Don't top-post  http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html
Plain text mails only, please      http://www.expita.com/nomime.html