2.0.32 networking crash

ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 10:42:11 +0100

Yesterday I modified the MTU of a ppp link that was up and in use from
1500 -> 296. The result was several hundred kb of the following messages:

[...]
Jan 12 02:18:07 lappi kernel: k on freelist at 01342c04 isn't free.
Jan 12 02:18:07 lappi kernel: Problem: block on freelist at 01342c04 isn't free.
Jan 12 02:18:07 lappi last message repeated 405 times
Jan 12 02:18:08 lappi kernel: k on freelist at 01342c04 isn't free.
Jan 12 02:18:08 lappi kernel: Problem: block on freelist at 01342c04 isn't free.
Jan 12 02:18:08 lappi last message repeated 150 times
[...]

The machine was a Pentium based Laptop.

Ralf