Re: oops in ip_rcv

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 5 May 2005 23:09:04 +1000
Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  
> > Any idea why you'd be receiving packets this early?
> 
> Not sure, although PCI has already been probed and tcp_init is called
> with interrupts on. Any reason we cant take a packet at this point?
> 
> Im guessing its calling this:
> 
>         IP_INC_STATS_BH(IPSTATS_MIB_INRECEIVES);
> 
> Which we dont initialise until later on in init_ipv4_mibs.

Can you test out putting the init_ipv4_mibs() call right before
the comment:

        /*
         *      Add all the base protocols.
         */

If it fixes things for you I'll put that upstream.

Thanks.

I still would really like to know how you are getting packets
at all that early.  Even if PCI is initialized, no interfaces
should be marked up at _all_.