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Re: sending pkt_too_big to self

To: Jordan Mendelson <jordy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: sending pkt_too_big to self
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:17:15 +0100
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <3A8C36FA.27BE7618@napster.com>; from Jordan Mendelson on Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 09:08:16PM +0100
References: <3A8C36FA.27BE7618@napster.com>
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On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 09:08:16PM +0100, Jordan Mendelson wrote:
> Just noticed a few of these messages on several of our web servers:
> 
> sending pkt_too_big to self
> sending pkt_too_big to self
> sending pkt_too_big to self
> sending pkt_too_big to self
> 
> They don't happen too frequently. VA Linux boxes running 2.4.0 proper.

This is a relatively harmless race, which can happen when a pmtu event
happens while after new packets got queued, but haven't been send out yet.
It is more a debugging message.  Comment it out if it bothers you.

It should probably move into a #ifdef NETDEBUG


-Andi


P.S.: does 2.4 work for you now?

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