Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:29:02 -0800 (PST) From: andrew@ugh.net.au To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2347: sysinstall: ppp: recursive call in malloc() Message-ID: <199701010829.AAA18663@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199701010830.AAA18726@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2347 >Category: bin >Synopsis: sysinstall: ppp: recursive call in malloc() >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jan 1 00:30:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andrew Stevenson >Organization: >Release: 2.2-BETA >Environment: FreeBSD sally.ugh.net.au 2.2-BETA_A FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A #0: Tue Dec 24 03:41:49 1996 jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: When installing via PPP I got the message on vty2 (the PPP screen anyway): ppp in malloc(): warning: recursive call. I typed show mem to see what was wrong and things froze - modem stopped receiving, ppp didnt respond - I went to vty4 (the emergency holographic shell one) to do a ps and see what was going on - i typed ps and nothing happened. I switched to vty0 and nothing had changed - i could no longer go back to vty4 (it just beeped when i tried). I pressec ^C and was asked if I was sure - the whole machine locked up. I pressed ctrl-alt- delete. On reboot from floppy machine hung at the rootfs is 1440 Kbyte compiled in MFS. Since getting the system installed by floppy PPP still dies the same way after about an hour's "hard use". I have to kill it from another window. If I restart it it just hangs and so I have to reboot the box. >How-To-Repeat: Try getting PPP to transfer a lot of data for an hour or two - It seems to happen when the modem has been flat chat at 28.8 for an hour or so. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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