Messages in this thread | | | From | Marc-Christian Petersen <> | Subject | 2.5.36 - "Dead loop on virtual device lo, fix it urgently!" | Date | Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:51:34 +0200 |
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Hi there,
from: net/core/dev.c
.... } else { /* Recursion is detected! It is possible, * unfortunately */ if (net_ratelimit()) printk(KERN_DEBUG "Dead loop on virtual device " "%s, fix it urgently!\n", dev->name); } ....
hehe, "It is possible, unfortunately" and I hit it :)
just having lo, eth0 and eth0:2, nothing special, no tunnels etc. :)
appears, reproducable, with "apt-get update" or any other kind of some high network load. NIC is an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 card using the "original Becker driver".
-- Kind regards Marc-Christian Petersen
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