It has been reported in this thread https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1678777&group_id=40604&atid=428519 that a one line patch on ppp_async avoid crash and reboot This happen with hight speed connection and usbserial using http://www.junxion.com/opensource/linux_highspeed_usbserial.html patch Here is the patch against 2.4.34 a few lines after We have finished the packet. Code is the same on 2.6.22 and look not have been changed until 2.6.23.rc3 --- linux-2.4.34/drivers/net/ppp_async.c.old 2007-06-30 17:56:40.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.4.34/drivers/net/ppp_async.c 2007-06-30 17:57:07.000000000 -0700 @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ *buf++ = PPP_FLAG; ap->olim = buf; - kfree_skb(ap->tpkt); + dev_kfree_skb_any(ap->tpkt); ap->tpkt = 0; return 1; } Comment welcome. Gilles - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
