Re: 2.1.91: Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!

David S. Miller (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com)
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 01:01:27 -0800


From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:42:09 +0100 (BST)

> Guess what, if I'm correct (I think I am) this is a neat way to
> crash any Linux box out there running IP MASQ, it would be
> interesting if a 2.1.9* Linux box talking thru a Linux 2.0.x MASQ
> box crashes the 2.0.x machine.

Someone cc me the fix when its finished then. I've added this to
the 2.0.34 must fix before release list.

I think it's a misnomer the more I think about it, and I even tested
2.1.x connections using TCP options through a 2.0.x IP MASQ machine
tonight, it looked pretty much kosher.

It's smelling more like a 2.1.x bug at this point.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com

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