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SubjectRe: [BUG, NET] deadlock tearing down a bridged interface
Dave Chinner wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I just deadlocked networking on a 2.6.24 kernel. Basically I
> was trying to restart the bridge interface I use for UML sessions
> because it wasn't passing packets. This happens occasionally
> when I leave a UML session too long in gdb, so I bounced the
> bridge to get it working again.
>
We have been chasing a refcount bug in 2.6.25 that only happens when
IPv6 module is loaded. If you are not actually using ipv6, try removing
it's
module from your /lib/modules/* directory and see if that fixes your
problem.

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com




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