assertion (newsk->state != TCP_SYN_RECV)

[Ross Vandegrift]

I've recently noticed these messages bouncing up in my logs every now
and again.  It's always with a particular machine, one that runs 2.4.20.

Google turns up one other post, made on Mon Jan 13
(http://hypermail.idiosynkrasia.net/linux-kernel/archived/2003/week02/0308.html)
but no responses or explanations followed.

Any word on what this means or if it's a problem?

Mar 11 12:56:51 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion (newsk->state != TCP_SYN_RECV) failed at tcp.c(2229) 
Mar 11 12:56:51 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion ((1<<sk2->state)&(TCPF_ESTABLISHED|TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT|TCPF_CLOSE)) failed at af_inet.c(689) 
Mar 11 12:56:51 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion (newsk->state != TCP_SYN_RECV) failed at tcp.c(2229) 
Mar 11 12:56:51 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion ((1<<sk2->state)&(TCPF_ESTABLISHED|TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT|TCPF_CLOSE)) failed at af_inet.c(689) 
Mar 11 12:56:51 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion (newsk->state != TCP_SYN_RECV) failed at tcp.c(2229) 
Mar 11 12:56:51 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion ((1<<sk2->state)&(TCPF_ESTABLISHED|TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT|TCPF_CLOSE)) failed at af_inet.c(689) 
Mar 11 12:57:01 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion (newsk->state != TCP_SYN_RECV) failed at tcp.c(2229) 
Mar 11 12:57:01 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion ((1<<sk2->state)&(TCPF_ESTABLISHED|TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT|TCPF_CLOSE)) failed at af_inet.c(689) 
Mar 11 12:57:01 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion (newsk->state != TCP_SYN_RECV) failed at tcp.c(2229) 
Mar 11 12:57:01 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion ((1<<sk2->state)&(TCPF_ESTABLISHED|TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT|TCPF_CLOSE)) failed at af_inet.c(689) 
Mar 11 12:57:01 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion (newsk->state != TCP_SYN_RECV) failed at tcp.c(2229) 
Mar 11 12:57:01 ash kernel: KERNEL: assertion ((1<<sk2->state)&(TCPF_ESTABLISHED|TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT|TCPF_CLOSE)) failed at af_inet.c(689) 

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