Re: [CHECKER] amusing copy_from_user bug

2001-04-10 Thread Petru Paler
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 06:41:28AM -0400, Jakub Jelinek wrote: > some architectures don't care at all, because verify_area is a noop > (sparc64). Why (and how) is this? -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: se

How is high memory used ?

2001-03-01 Thread Petru Paler
Hello, For 2.4 kernels, how is memory between 1G and 4G used ? Is it only for cache/buffers or it is also offered to processes ? -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i

2.4.1: TCP assertion failed

2001-02-15 Thread Petru Paler
s window :xxx:xx. Bad, what else can I say?" which I understand are harmless) Let me know if anyone needs more info/tests/etc. -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel

ECN for servers ?

2001-02-14 Thread Petru Paler
Hello, What is the impact of enabling ECN on the server side ? I mean, will any clients (with broken firewalls) be affected if a SMTP/HTTP server has ECN enabled ? On the other hand, is there any advantage with ECN enabled on the server side ? -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Raw devices bound to RAID arrays ?

2001-02-11 Thread Petru Paler
Hello, Is it possible to bind a raw device to a software RAID 1 array ? -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read

RAID1 read balancing

2001-02-11 Thread Petru Paler
Hello, For a RAID1 array built of two disks on two separate SCSI controllers, are the reads balanced between the two controllers (for higher speed) ? -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: 2.4.0-pre3+zerocopy: weird messages

2001-01-14 Thread Petru Paler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 05:21:33AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > Petru Paler writes: > > Got more "udp v4 hw csum failure" messages but still no "UDP packet > > with bad csum was fragmented". > > OK, last experiment :-) Add this patch, and watch to s

Re: 2.4.0-pre3+zerocopy: weird messages

2001-01-14 Thread Petru Paler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 05:21:33AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > Petru Paler writes: > > Got more "udp v4 hw csum failure" messages but still no "UDP packet > > with bad csum was fragmented". > > OK, last experiment :-) Add this patch, and watch to s

Re: 2.4.0-pre3+zerocopy: weird messages

2001-01-14 Thread Petru Paler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 02:10:03PM +0200, Petru Paler wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:32:40AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > Petru Paler writes: > > > > Oh, I think I know why this happens. Can you add this patch, and next > > > > time the UDP bad cs

Re: 2.4.0-pre3+zerocopy: weird messages

2001-01-14 Thread Petru Paler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:32:40AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > Petru Paler writes: > > > Oh, I think I know why this happens. Can you add this patch, and next > > > time the UDP bad csum message appears, tell me if it says "UDP packet > > > with bad csu

Re: 2.4.0-pre3+zerocopy: weird messages

2001-01-14 Thread Petru Paler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 02:58:54AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > Petru Paler writes: > > Ok. Should I keep reporting new syslog messages as they appear ? > > Not the "Undo ***" and "Disorder ***" ones". Ok. > But this one

Re: 2.4.0-pre3+zerocopy: weird messages

2001-01-14 Thread Petru Paler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 02:33:26AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > Petru Paler writes: > > I get messages in syslog looking like: > > > > Undo loss 192.147.174.183/59953 c2 l0 ss2/65535 p0 > > Undo loss 63.148.232.53/4423 c2 l0 ss2/2 p0 > > Undo loss

2.4.0-pre3+zerocopy: weird messages

2001-01-14 Thread Petru Paler
don't think either Postfix or tinydns (the main load) are using sendfile(). The machine is stable so far, but it's been up for only 15 minutes. -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe l

Re: [PATCH] sparc64 compile fix

2001-01-14 Thread Petru Paler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 01:19:33AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > Petru Paler writes: > > Trying to compile 2.4.0-ac8 resulted in an error about > > storage size of variable d not being known (I don't have the > > exact error at hand, the network connectivity to that

Re: [PATCH] sparc64 compile fix

2001-01-13 Thread Petru Paler
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 02:55:42PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > Petru Paler writes: > > - struct dqblk d; > > + struct dqblk32 d; > > What does this fix? Things compile just fine without > it and looking at the code it was intended to be of > the

[PATCH] sparc64 compile fix

2001-01-13 Thread Petru Paler
old_fs; char *spec; -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL P

Re: linux 2.2.19pre and thttpd (VM-global problem?)

2000-12-29 Thread Petru Paler
; on keeping it single-threaded - unless someone can tell me that's a bad > idea) Keep it single threaded if you run on UP only... -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: linux 2.2.19pre and thttpd (VM-global problem?)

2000-12-29 Thread Petru Paler
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 04:53:40PM +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 09:38:40AM +0200, Petru Paler wrote: > > This is one of the main thttpd design points: run in a select() loop. Since > > it is intended for mainly static workloads, it performs quite well..

Re: linux 2.2.19pre and thttpd (VM-global problem?)

2000-12-28 Thread Petru Paler
or mainly static workloads, it performs quite well... -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: sparc64 network-related problems

2000-12-23 Thread Petru Paler
? Should I be worried about it or it's ok ? On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 02:57:21AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: >Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:10:33 +0200 >From: Petru Paler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >So should I apply your patch ? > > Yes, this new

Re: sparc64 network-related problems

2000-12-10 Thread Petru Paler
On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 02:57:21AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: >Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:10:33 +0200 >From: Petru Paler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >So should I apply your patch ? > > Yes, this new OOPS you've sent me is in the same place. Ok, appl

Re: sparc64 network-related problems

2000-12-10 Thread Petru Paler
g what data is available >>PC; 00449e94<= >>O7; 00449f14 >>I7; 0044cfa8 3 warnings issued. Results may not be reliable. So should I apply your patch ? -- Petru Paler, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ppetru.net - ICQ: 41817235 - To unsubscribe from this lis

sparc64 network-related problems

2000-12-10 Thread Petru Paler
Let me know if you need additional info or testing done. Bug report (in standard format): [1.] One line summary of the problem: Repeated kernel oopses, after a while of functioning under heavy load. [2.] Full description of the probl