Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:03:59 +0000 | From | Chris Boot <> | Subject | Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in ipv6_select_ident |
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On 21/12/2011 16:29, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Le mercredi 21 décembre 2011 à 15:52 +0000, Chris Boot a écrit : >> Hi folks, >> >> I'm working on getting a 2-node VM cluster up and running, with DRBD and >> Corosync/Pacemaker, running KVM VMs. >> >> I can trigger a kernel panic in either _host_ system when running an >> rsync on a _guest_ VM. The rsync is simply SSH over IPv6 from a remote >> mail store (containing maildirs) to a local filesystem. I'm basically >> working on migrating a physical IMAP server to one inside a VM. >> >> After a few seconds of fairly heavy IPv6 traffic, I get the panic below. >> You'll notice the panic refers to vhost_net, but I tried without that >> and the kernel panics at exactly the same call point. >> >> Panic: >> >> [snip] >> >> Any insight will be gratefully received. >> >> Thanks, >> Chris >> > Is it a debian kernel ? > > You need : https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/11/291
Eric,
Aha, that sounds like exactly the culprit, thanks. However I can't find any reference to it in the 3.1 to 3.1.5 changelogs. Is it fixed in any of those kernels or would I have to attempt to forward-port the fix myself?
Cheers, Chris
-- Chris Boot bootc@bootc.net
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