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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: HEADS UP: critical dummynet patch
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:12:09 +0100 (MET)
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This one is a critical fix for dummynet operation. Please update your
copy of netinet/ip_dummynet.c or at least apply the following patch:

diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- ip_dummynet.c       1998/12/31 07:35:49     1.3
+++ ip_dummynet.c       1999/01/11 11:08:07     1.4

@@ -308,6 +318,7 @@
        m_freem(m);
        return 0 ; /* XXX error */
     }
+    bzero(pkt, sizeof(*pkt) );
     /* build and enqueue packet */
     pkt->hdr.mh_type = MT_DUMMYNET ;
     (struct ip_fw_chain *)pkt->hdr.mh_data = rule ;

	cheers
	luigi

> From majordom@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 10:03:11 1999
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> From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 03:08:09 -0800 (PST)
> Message-Id: <199901111108.DAA02953@freefall.freebsd.org>
> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_dummynet.c
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> luigi       1999/01/11 03:08:09 PST
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/netinet          ip_dummynet.c 
>   Log:
>   Add a missing bzero which could be the source of instability
>   problems reported recently (the rtentry pointer in the dummynet
>   queue was not initialized in all cases, resulting in spurious
>   rt_refcnt decreases in the lucky cases, and memory trashing in
>   other cases.
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.4       +21 -12    src/sys/netinet/ip_dummynet.c
> 
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