On Thursday 30 November 2006 03:15, David Miller wrote: > From: Phil Oester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:49:04 -0800 > > > Getting an oops on boot here, caused by commit > > e81c73596704793e73e6dbb478f41686f15a4b34 titled > > "[NET]: Fix MAX_HEADER setting". > > > > Reverting that patch fixes things up for me. Dave? > > I suspect that it might be because I removed the IPV6 > ifdef from the list, but I can't imagine why that would > matter other than due to a bug in the IPV6 stack.... > > Indeed. > > Looking at ndisc_send_rs() I wonder if it miscalculates > 'len' or similar and the old MAX_HEADER setting was > merely papering around this bug.... > > In fact it does, the NDISC code is using MAX_HEADER incorrectly. It > needs to explicitly allocate space for the struct ipv6hdr in 'len'. > Luckily the TCP ipv6 code was doing it right. > > What a horrible bug, this patch should fix it. Let me know > if it doesn't, thanks:
I also encountered this bug (wasn't there in -rc6). The patch also fixes it for me. regards -- --------------------------------------- Malte Schröder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 68121508 ---------------------------------------
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