Quoting Stephen Hemminger (shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx): > On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:50:12 -0700 (PDT) > David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:24:18 -0500 > > > > > I haven't been able to reproduce the original oops though (been > > > trying to cat the stats sysfs files while rmmoding veth, to no > > > avail, and haven't found an original bug report or testcase), so > > > can't verify whether this patch prevents the original oops. > > > > If you 'cat' it you're unlikely to trigger the oops. > > > > You have to hold the sysfs files open, and then elsewhere do the > > rmmod, wait, and then continue with some access to those open sysfs > > file descriptors (f.e. do some reads). Yup, I was doing that too, but couldn't reproduce as yet. > > I'd also need this patch to be against current sources as they'll > > never apply since I did the revert quite some time ago. > > > > Thanks. Ok, thanks - I'll generate a new patch against a fresh pull when I can confirm that it actually solves the problem. > My usual way of doing this is: > > # (sleep 30; cat /sys/class/net/ethX/statistics/tx_bytes) & > # rmmod the_buggy_driver > > wait... Can you oops the kernel this way on latest netns? thanks, -serge _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
