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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10324] New: kernel panic ip_route_input
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:03:02 -0700
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(switched to email.  Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:48:37 -0700 (PDT)
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10324
> 
>            Summary: kernel panic ip_route_input
>            Product: Networking
>            Version: 2.5
>      KernelVersion: 2.6.25-rc6-git6
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: IPV4
>         AssignedTo: shemminger@linux-foundation.org
>         ReportedBy: nuclearcat@nuclearcat.com
> 
> 
> Latest working kernel version: 2.6.24.x
> Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.25-rc6

A post-2.6.24 regression.

> Distribution: Custom
> Hardware Environment: Dual CPU, e100 + e1000
> Software Environment: Custom build. FIB_TRIE enabled
> Problem Description: Kernel panic after few seconds running network on heavy
> traffic (around 350 Mbps). 
> 
> Steps to reproduce: It is complicated configuration. I can provide whole image
> of system, around 128MB (it is semi-embedded), but it will need at least few
> traffic generators similar to mine. So it is difficult to reproduce. I can
> apply any patches required, but highly prefferable if they dont make server
> unreachable. I have panic and oops autoreboot sysctl options, nmi-watchdog and
> software watchdog enabled.
> I think it is critical to fix this bug before releasing 2.6.25.
> 
> Here is latest message with panic:
> CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA, 4K stacks, Frame pointers, CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW - 
> enabled.
> 
> It reboots recently after bringing up networking. Sometimes even not reaching 
> place where i am loading netconsole.
> 
> Always in ip_route_input. This is 2.6.25-rc6-git6, 2 panic's. They are easy 
> to reproduce, but i cannot do bisect, cause this machine dont have power 
> switch and in difficult to reach area.
> 

I've snipped the log output - it was such a wordwrapped mess :(

Can you please resend it in a reply-to-all to this email, after ensuring
that it won't be wordwrapped?

Thanks.