Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2007 schrieb Patrick McHardy: >>>> >>>>This can happen if the initial inetdev allocation when the netdevice is >>>>registered fails. I think it would make sense to try to allocate again >>>>when adding addresses in that case, otherwise there is no way of >>>>recovery other than unregistering and registering the device again. >>> >>> >>>With your patch the problem has gone away. Is there a way to especially >>>stress the system in that regard? >> >> >>Its a failed allocation at NETDEV_REGISTER time. I guess you could >>keep unloading + reloading the driver module to try to reproduce it. > > > If that is the cause, why doesn't it strike from the very beginning? How > come it fails after some time?
It might also be a failed in_ifaddr allocation. In that case my patch shouldn't help though. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
