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From: Denys Fedoryschenko <denys@visp.net.lb>
Subject: Re: kernel panic in latest vanilla stable, while using nameif with "alive" pppoe interfaces
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:10:24 +0200
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Cc: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@gmail.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
	linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org, mostrows@earthlink.net
To: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
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On Friday 23 October 2009 18:18:37 Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> [Cyrill Gorcunov - Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 11:08:21PM +0400]
> ...
>
> | Just to update status of the issue. The key moment is that
> | pppoe_flush_dev may be called asynchronously (especially via sysfs on dev
> | entry, for example we retrieve mtu of device and while we at it other
> | process may update mtu via sysfs). So I'm returning pppoe_hash_lock back
> | which should eliminate a number of lock complains and make locking scheme
> | easier. All-in-one: I'm working on it. Just need some more time.
> |
> | 	-- Cyrill
>
> Another status update -- the patch is under testing stage. Hope we will
> reveal proper patch soon (in a few days I guess).
>
> 	-- Cyrill
During normal operation till now no issues (2 days uptime, 100-150 users 
online on this pppoe). Testing more some stress scenarios.