From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Oester Subject: Re: 2.6.12-rcx networking oops Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:23:26 -0700 Message-ID: <20050531232326.GA17289@linuxace.com> References: <20050531224012.GA16789@linuxace.com> <20050531161220.4af50a69.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Return-path: To: Andrew Morton Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050531161220.4af50a69.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 04:12:20PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Are you _sure_ the hardware is good? Well, it lasts on 2.6.10 indefinitely (since 1/1/5 minus the recent upgrade attempts). And the hardware itself has been in service for a few years without failure. It will last on 2.6.11 or 12-rc over the weekend fine, but as soon as traffic picks up during the workday it keels over. > Are you running anything which would cause netdevs to be destroyed? > Bringing virtual devices up and down? TUN/TAP driver? Bonding driver? > Anything like that? The box runs keepalived (for VRRP), and quagga (for OSPF). Neither should be destroying netdevs during normal operation AFAIK. > Have you tried CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB and/or CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC? No - do you think it would reveal anything given the above? Phil