171450 – Oops in tcp_sendmsg for UltraSPARC T1

Bug 171450 - Oops in tcp_sendmsg for UltraSPARC T1

Summary: Oops in tcp_sendmsg for UltraSPARC T1

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	Sparc64 Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Daniel Drake (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2007-03-19 16:32 UTC by Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED)
Modified:	2007-03-25 00:01 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Niagara membar patch (niagara_store_init_membar.patch,1.19 KB, patch) 2007-03-19 16:32 UTC, Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED)	Details \| Diff
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Description Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-19 16:32:35 UTC

store init functions for the UltraSPARC T1 processors need membar, otherwise a networking oops can be easily triggered with high traffic (i.e. netcat on localhost).
See http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=117429003730831&w=2 and http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=117321135122528&w=2

Comment 1 Gustavo Zacarias (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-19 16:32:54 UTC

Created attachment 113776 [details, diff]
Niagara membar patch

Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-25 00:01:05 UTC

Fixed in gentoo-sources-2.6.20-r4, thanks.