Re: 2.6.13-mm2

"J.A. Magallon" [off-list ref] wrote:

On 09.08, Andrew Morton wrote:

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ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13/2.6.13-mm2/

(kernel.org propagation is slow.  There's a temp copy at
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/2.6.13-mm2.bz2)

I can not ifup an interface while iptables is using it.
Is this expected behaviour ?

Maybe it's expected, but breaking existing userspace is a serious issue.

There is a possible bug (IMHO) in Mandrake initscripts, that start iptables
before network interfaces, but this had always worked.

Any ideas ?

Please always cc netdev@vger.kernel.org on networking matters.

Andrew Morton wrote:

"J.A. Magallon" [off-list ref] wrote:

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I can not ifup an interface while iptables is using it.
Is this expected behaviour ?

Maybe it's expected, but breaking existing userspace is a serious issue.

No, its not expected.

quoted

There is a possible bug (IMHO) in Mandrake initscripts, that start iptables
before network interfaces, but this had always worked.

Any ideas ?

What's happening when you try to set the interface up? Please
provide output of ifup and strace of the failing command. Thanks.