From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: cannot set IP for ethernet Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:25:45 +0200 Message-ID: <466FD439.2040807@trash.net> References: <200706121441.13561.oliver@neukum.org> <200706131039.32011.oliver@neukum.org> <466FD17A.8040900@trash.net> <200706131321.30451.oliver@neukum.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux Netdev List , Herbert Xu To: Oliver Neukum Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200706131321.30451.oliver@neukum.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2007 schrieb Patrick McHardy: >>>> >>>>This can happen if the initial inetdev allocation when the netdevice is >>>>registered fails. I think it would make sense to try to allocate again >>>>when adding addresses in that case, otherwise there is no way of >>>>recovery other than unregistering and registering the device again. >>> >>> >>>With your patch the problem has gone away. Is there a way to especially >>>stress the system in that regard? >> >> >>Its a failed allocation at NETDEV_REGISTER time. I guess you could >>keep unloading + reloading the driver module to try to reproduce it. > > > If that is the cause, why doesn't it strike from the very beginning? How > come it fails after some time? It might also be a failed in_ifaddr allocation. In that case my patch shouldn't help though.