Re: 2.4.28(+?): Strange ARP problem

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Thu Jan 13 2005 - 16:22:30 EST


On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:09:00AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>
> Maybe you can try earlier v2.4.28's (-rc1 for one) to check where
> the problem starts to happen?

The symptom sounds like the bug in the 2.4 backport of the neighbour
hash updates. In neigh_create, hash_val needs to be computed inside
the lock (and after the growing), not outside.

Someone even posted a patch for it. I'll dig it up tonight if it
doesn't show up by then.

Cheers,
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