Re: Bridging-bug with hacker-kernels on Alpha

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 18:19:39 +0100 (BST)


> 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

Alan

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