On 13.01.2016 00:39, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
+ if (__this_cpu_inc_return(ovs_recursion) > ovs_recursion_limit) {
+ net_crit_ratelimited("ovs: recursion limit reached on datapath %s,
probable configuration error\n",
+ovs_dp_name(vport->d
It was seen that defective configurations of openvswitch could overwrite
the STACK_END_MAGIC and cause a hard crash of the kernel because of too
many recursions within ovs.
This problem arises due to the high stack usage of openvswitch. The rest
of the kernel is fine with the current limit of 10 (
