From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, maxk@qualcomm.com, vtun@office.satix.net,
Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@nvidia.com>
Cc: bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13097] New: Kernel will freeze network after using a tun/tap device
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:29:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090415152946.90bbdfc0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-13097-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
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Big fat regression!
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:19:06 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13097
>
> Summary: Kernel will freeze network after using a tun/tap
> device
> Product: Drivers
> Version: 2.5
> Kernel Version: 2.6.30-rc2
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P1
> Component: Network
> AssignedTo: drivers_network@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
> ReportedBy: fragabr@gmail.com
> Regression: Yes
>
>
> I choose the forcedeth driver to report this bug because I think it's related
> to forcedeth and not tun/tap driver, although I can be wrong.
>
> With 2.6.29 kernel everything works fine, but with 2.6.30-rc2, a simple ping to
> a tun/tap device (for example ping to a vpn using openvpn) will freeze the
> network. In X I can't even use the keyboard anymore.
>
> It just happens with a tun/tap device, not with a normal ethernet device or a
> normal internet connection.
>
> If you think it's a tun/tap driver problem, please change the bug, but as I'm
> not completely sure, I choose forcedeth.
An obvious question would be: are you able to test the same setup with
a different type of network card?
next parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-15 22:33 UTC|newest]
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2009-04-15 22:29 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2009-04-17 0:58 ` [Bugme-new] [Bug 13097] New: Kernel will freeze network after using a tun/tap device Herbert Xu
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