Re: Bridging-bug with hacker-kernels on Alpha
Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:42:17 +0200
On Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 07:19:39PM +0200, Alan Cox wrote:
> > For the original posters bug: I think it can only happen when backlog
> > is damaged somehow. He said something about briding, so maybe the
> > bridging code is the culprit, and when it doesn't work anyways it should
> > be probably commented out.
>
> The bridge bug is fairly simple (I was pleasantly suprised when
> Dan Smith sent me the needed fixes). The bridge was assuming the old
> skb->free=0 type behaviour. His fix (which is in the .ac patch if you look
> slightly modified) is to do the required buffer clones
Does that explain the corrupted backlog head ?
-Andi
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