Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 02:58:52 -0500 (EST) From: Denis Fortin <fortin@zap.qc.ca> To: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> Cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.0.5 crashes daily: multiple frees is if_ppp.c -> more info Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960123025132.230B-100000@zap.zap.qc.ca> In-Reply-To: <199601221722.JAA16138@Root.COM>
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On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, David Greenman wrote: > > I've just done a send-pr to describe a problem that we're having > >that is causing our internet gateway to crash almost daily. The > >problem appears to be in /sys/net/if_ppp.c and be caused by "Multiple frees". > > You shoulod upgrade to 2.1-stable. There have been a variety of bugs fixed > that directly relate to problems like this. The most important: > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/include/spl.h,v > revision 1.12 > date: 1995/10/30 17:01:37; author: bde; state: Exp; lines: +7 -3 > Mask netisrs during softtty isrs. This may fix PR 798. [...] > ...which is likely the cause of your problem. Yes, I must admit that it sounds like that's the cause of my problem. Unfortunately, I'd rather not upgrade the machine at this point in time if I can avoid it... So, I will try to implement Bruce's suggestion to OR SWI_NET_MASK into SW_TTY_MASK in machine/spl.h to see if that solves the problem. Thanks guys, I'll let you know how well that works out. Denis Fortin fortin@acm.org DMR Group Inc, (514) 877-3301 These opinions are my own
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