Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:39:23 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: FreeBSD current mailing list <current@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD net mailing list <net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need testers for a network cleanup patch Message-ID: <20090126093817.H45399@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <20090122225404.U45399@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> References: <20090122225404.U45399@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
Hi,
> while cleaning up protosw things I found that rip6_output was most
> likely never called from pr_output and after a short talk with Robert
> the conclusion was that the same had been true for rip_output.
>
> Before I am going to remove the initializations I made the two
> rip{,6}_output functions calling panic().
>
> I have a patch for HEAD here:
> http://people.freebsd.org/~bz/20090122-03-pr_output.diff
>
> and one for 7-STABLE here (compiled but not booted):
> http://people.freebsd.org/~bz/20090122-04-pr_output-7STABLE.diff
>
>
> I am confident it will not panic (at least for HEAD;) but not 100%
> sure so you can run this on your test or devel machine but I'd not
> run it on a production machine.
>
> If you are going to use the 7-STABLE patch make sure to have debugging
> support in your kernel as well so we could get backtraces in the
> unlikely event of panic.
>
>
> Please reply directly to me if you have (un)successfully run the
> patch and do NOT to the lists.
> In case you think you run it successfully mail me after a
> 2-3 days, and _not_ with an "it booted" message! ;-)
In case you tested, please let me know.
/bz
--
Bjoern A. Zeeb The greatest risk is not taking one.
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