Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 3746] New: Bridge causes machine lockups

[Michał Margula <alchemyx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bart De Schuymer napisał(a):

> # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.9/
> # patch -p1 < patch
> When your system hangs again, the message "EBTABLES: BEFORE WRITE LOCK"
> should be in your syslog, and check that it is not followed by "EBTABLES: 
> AFTER WRITE LOCK".
>  
I have just applied that patch. Tomorrow I will reboot a new kernel. So 
in about no more than two days, I should get some results.
> Is the bridge still forwarding packets while it hangs?
>
>  
No. Box is completly frozen.

> Perhaps try to link all network traffic to one cpu before doing your ebtables 
> updates...
>  
Could you give me more details about that? Should it be done before 
updating ebtables, and after that reverting? And most important - how? :).

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