Re: [BUG] net_cls: Panic occured when net_cls subsystem use
From: Minoru Usui <hidden>
Date: 2009-06-09 00:07:53
Hi, Jarek On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:48:14 +0000 Jarek Poplawski [off-list ref] wrote:
On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 03:39:51PM +0900, Minoru Usui wrote:quoted
Hi Thomas On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:12:01 +0900 Minoru Usui [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Hi Thomas Original mail sent to netdev and containers before. (http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg97745.html) I have a question about how to use cls_cgroup. On Thu, 21 May 2009 09:22:56 +0900 Minoru Usui [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Hi Unfortunately this is only panic report. I used cgroup net_cls subsystem, then kernel panic occured. I attach panic message and kernel config in this mail's last paragraph. If my operation is wrong, could you tell me how to use net_cls and where the documentation is. # But I think panic is very bad even if my operation is wrong.The cause of panic will fix soon. (Now I'll make a patch and will test it.) I want to know how to use cls_cgroup correctly, so could you tell me how to use it if my operation is wrong. Now, I think I might have to specify 'handle' with tc command line, is this true? But when I specified 'handle', I faced oops. X-PI investigated this problem, and I found a bug in cls_cgroup_change() in cls_cgroup.c. cls_cgroup_change() expected tca[TCA_OPTIONS] was set from user space properly, but tc in iproute2-2.6.29-1 (which I used) didn't set it. I saw the current source code of tc in git, I found the code for cls_cgroup in iproute2/tc/f_cgroup.c. It set tca[TCA_OPTIONS]. git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git # Unfortunately, current source coude of iproute2 couldn't compile, because it occured compile error. X-P # But this is another issue. If we always use a newest iproute2 in git when we use cls_cgroup, we don't face this oops probably. But I think, kernel shouldn't panic regardless of use program's behaviour.This patch looks OK to me, but I guess you should add some title (plus "[PATCH]" in the subject), and a changelog (with lines width <= 80).
Thank you for your comments. I'll resend my patch as a start of a new thread. -- Minoru Usui [off-list ref]