Re: [PATCH] qdisc oops fix

[Catalin BOIE]

> -       sch = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       sch = kmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
>
> mysteriously fixes the problem? Could the problem be elsewhere?
> Can you repost what the issue was? I am not on lk and i just saw the
> posting on a web page.

With many rules (~5000 classes and ~3500 qdiscs and ~50000 filters)
the kernel oopses in slab.c:1128.
It happens on high rates (~15mbit).
On low rates, doesn't.

Seems that an interrupt come and broke the memory allocation.

>>EIP; c0127ab4 <kmem_cache_grow+44/1d8>   <=====

>>EAX; ffffffff <END_OF_CODE+3fd31247/????>
>>EBX; c12c52c0 <END_OF_CODE+ff6508/????>
>>EDI; c12c52c0 <END_OF_CODE+ff6508/????>
>>ESP; ceab1c60 <END_OF_CODE+e7e2ea8/????>

Trace; c0127e0f <kmalloc+eb/110>
Trace; c01d3cac <qdisc_create_dflt+20/bc>
Trace; d081ecc7 <END_OF_CODE+1054ff0f/????>
Trace; c01d5265 <tc_ctl_tclass+1cd/214>
Trace; d0820600 <END_OF_CODE+10551848/????>
Trace; c01d27e4 <rtnetlink_rcv+298/3bc>
Trace; c01d0605 <__neigh_event_send+89/1b4>
Trace; c01d7cd4 <netlink_data_ready+1c/60>
Trace; c01d7730 <netlink_unicast+230/278>
Trace; c01d7b73 <netlink_sendmsg+1fb/20c>
Trace; c01c79d5 <sock_sendmsg+69/88>
Trace; c01c8b48 <sys_sendmsg+18c/1e8>
Trace; c0120010 <map_user_kiobuf+8/f8>

>
> cheers,
> jamal
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