From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) Subject: Re: If your PC locks up and you're running NET2 code....try this! Date: 9 Aug 1993 01:57:57 GMT
In article <CBC9z0.DBK@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> marchini@ds18.scri.fsu.edu (Juan Marchini) writes:
| if anyone is having problems with their linux box freezing/locking up,
| try the following patch. my friend and i tried it on our
| joint-venture linux pc on the net, and it did exactly what we
| wanted....and that was WORK!!!
| /* Do any IP forwarding required. */
| if ((brd = chk_addr(iph->daddr)) == 0) {
| /* ip_forward(skb, dev); *** BUG FIX ***/
| skb->sk = NULL;
| kfree_skb(skb, FREE_WRITE);
Am I missing something or is the fix to eliminate the packet
forwarding capability? I agree that having a system which lacks
functionality but doesn't hang is better than one which hangs, but
unless the forwarding is done elsewhere, this isn't really a fix.
The idea of connecting two LANs of Linux machines via SLIP is that I
don't have a modem on each machine which calls each other machine...
However, if this points some sharp individual at the problem so we can
have a stable system with IP forwarding, then I'm all for it. I can put
up a Linux system and modem cheaper than buying a nethopper or netblazer.
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Bill Davidsen, davidsen%sixhub.uucp@uunet.uu.net
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