Re: newbie question on networking kernel panics.

[Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>]

Hi Jeroen,

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 05:38:57PM +0200, Jeroen Baten wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been working on a Linux desktop for the last 20 odd years.
> Currently running Ubuntu 20.04.
> 
> Yesterday I enabled the option "Flow control" on my TP-Link TL-SG1024DE.
> 
> Subsequently I was forced to enjoy 3 kernel panics in the timespan of 18
> hours.
> 
> After disabling the "Flow control" option my system seems to be stable
> again.
> 
> I do have 3 sets of "cut here" text if somebody would be interested.
> 
> Please let me know if this information is of interest to someone or if I
> am barking up the wrong majordomo tree.
> 
> Kind regards and thanks to all here for your immensely valuable work,

Since distro kernels contain some extra patches, may miss a significant
number of fixes, or even rely on different driver sources, you really
need to report this issue to your distro, who will ask for your exact
kernel version. It may be that this issue also affects the vanilla
kernel in the end, but in this case it will be reported by the distro's
maintainers once they've verified that it's not related to their kernel's
differences.

Hoping this helps,
Willy