Panic on 4.9-PRE (mbuf/m_copydata/ippr_ftp_process related)

[Pawel Malachowski]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 11:23:50PM +0000, David Malone wrote:

> > 	My router caught kernel panic after 11 days of working. System
> > is 4.9-PRERELEASE and runs without problems since 28 Sep 2003.
> 
> Is 28 Sep the date of your 4.9-PRERELEASE? There was an important
> memory corruption bug in ipfw2 fixed before the 4.9 RELEASE (on
> 17/10/2003). The bug was triggered by dynamic rules, so if you're

Sure, but I'm not using dynamic rules (limit), only dummynet dynamic
pipes, it worked great for months with 4.8-stable/4.9-pre.

> using dynamic rules then it is definitely worth trying to upgrade
> to 4.9-RELEASE.

Right now I'm running fresh 4.9-STABLE. I worry I won't be able
to trigger (it just happened) or I will have to wait long time
for next panic (if it was not fixed later, of course).

-- 
Paweł Małachowski