kern/64250: 5.2.1 kernel panics on ifconfig when kernel has no
INET6 stuff
Ronald F.Guilmette
rfg at monkeys.com
Sun Mar 14 01:10:12 PST 2004
>Number: 64250
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: 5.2.1 kernel panics on ifconfig when kernel has no INET6 stuff
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 14 01:10:11 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ronald F. Guilmette
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Infinite Monkeys & Co.
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD segfault.monkeys.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Sat Mar 13 19:19:29 PST 2004 root at segfault.monkeys.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/rfg20040313-4 i386
>Description:
I configured a 5.2.1 kernel, using the config file attached below, and
when I installed that and then rebooted, the kernel started up ok and
started to run processes, but then, when `ifconfig' was executed (as
a result of the various /etc/rc* files) the kernel panic'd with a
page fault.
This was fully reproducable (3 times).
By process of elimination, I determined that the problem was directly
tide to the fact that I can commented out the INET6 option in the
kernel configuration file. When that option was uncommented again,
the new kernel gen'd from that worked just fine.
>How-To-Repeat:
On an i686 platform, configure a kernel using the config file below, then
build, install, and boot it, and then do an `ifconfig', or else allow one
to be done as part of the normal /etc/rc* startup scripts.
The kernel will panic with a page fault. The process running at the time
this occurs will always be `ifconfig'.
cut here for kernel config file
------------------------------------------------------------------------
machine i386
#cpu I486_CPU
#cpu I586_CPU
cpu I686_CPU
ident "rfg20040313-3"
#To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints
#hints "GENERIC.hints" #Default places to look for devices.
#makeoptions DEBUG=-g #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols
#options NMBCLUSTERS=4096
#options IPFIREWALL
#options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
#options IPDIVERT
#options EXT2FS
options SCHED_4BSD #4BSD scheduler
options INET #InterNETworking
#options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols
options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support
options UFS_ACL #Support for access control lists
options UFS_DIRHASH #Improve performance on big directories
#options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device
options NFSCLIENT #Network Filesystem Client
options NFSSERVER #Network Filesystem Server
#options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as /, requires NFSCLIENT
options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem
options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem
options PROCFS #Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
options PSEUDOFS #Pseudo-filesystem framework
options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 #Compatible with FreeBSD4
options SCSI_DELAY=5000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support
options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory
options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues
options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores
options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions
options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev
options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
# output. Adds ~128k to driver.
options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
# output. Adds ~215k to driver.
options PFIL_HOOKS # pfil(9) framework
# Debugging for use in -current
#options DDB #Enable the kernel debugger
#options INVARIANTS #Enable calls of extra sanity checking
options INVARIANT_SUPPORT #Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS
#options WITNESS #Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
#options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN #Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
# To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed
#options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
device apic # I/O APIC
device isa
#device eisa
device pci
# Floppy drives
device fdc
# ATA and ATAPI devices
device ata
device atadisk # ATA disk drives
#device ataraid # ATA RAID drives
device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives
#device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives
#device atapist # ATAPI tape drives
options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering
# SCSI Controllers
#device ahb # EISA AHA1742 family
device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
#device ahd # AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
#device amd # AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
#device isp # Qlogic family
#device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
##device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic
#device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
#device trm # Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters
#
#device adv # Advansys SCSI adapters
#device adw # Advansys wide SCSI adapters
#device aha # Adaptec 154x SCSI adapters
#device aic # Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
#device bt # Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters
#
#device ncv # NCR 53C500
#device nsp # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3
#device stg # TMC 18C30/18C50
# SCSI peripherals
device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
#device ch # SCSI media changers
device da # Direct Access (disks)
#device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
#device cd # CD
#device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
#device ses # SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)
# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
#device amr # AMI MegaRAID
#device asr # DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID
#device ciss # Compaq Smart RAID 5*
#device dpt # DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
#device iir # Intel Integrated RAID
#device ips # IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
#device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
# RAID controllers
#device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID
#device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
#device ida # Compaq Smart RAID
#device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family
#device pst # Promise Supertrak SX6000
#device twe # 3ware ATA RAID
# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller
device atkbd # AT keyboard
device psm # PS/2 mouse
device vga # VGA video card driver
device splash # Splash screen and screen saver support
# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device sc
# Enable this for the pcvt (VT220 compatible) console driver
#device vt
#options XSERVER # support for X server on a vt console
#options FAT_CURSOR # start with block cursor
device agp # support several AGP chipsets
# Floating point support - do not disable.
device npx
# Power management support (see NOTES for more options)
#device apm
# Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.
device pmtimer
# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
# Pcmcia and cardbus bridge support
#device cbb # cardbus (yenta) bridge
#device pcic # ExCA ISA and PCI bridges
#device pccard # PC Card (16-bit) bus
#device cardbus # CardBus (32-bit) bus
# Serial (COM) ports
device sio # 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports
# Parallel port
device ppc
device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
device lpt # Printer
#device plip # TCP/IP over parallel
device ppi # Parallel port interface device
#device vpo # Requires scbus and da
# If you've got a "dumb" serial or parallel PCI card that is
# supported by the puc(4) glue driver, uncomment the following
# line to enable it (connects to the sio and/or ppc drivers):
#device puc
# PCI Ethernet NICs.
device de # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
device em # Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card
device txp # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
device vx # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')
# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
device miibus # MII bus support
#device bfe # Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 ethernet
#device bge # Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
#device dc # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
#device fxp # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
#device pcn # AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'lnc')
#device re # RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
device rl # RealTek 8129/8139
#device sf # Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
#device sis # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
#device sk # SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x gigabit ethernet
#device ste # Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
#device ti # Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit ethernet
#device tl # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
#device tx # SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
#device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II
#device wb # Winbond W89C840F
device xl # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')
# ISA Ethernet NICs. pccard nics included.
#device cs # Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0 NIC
## 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
#device ed # NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards
#device ex # Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+
#device ep # Etherlink III based cards
#device fe # Fujitsu MB8696x based cards
#device ie # EtherExpress 8/16, 3C507, StarLAN 10 etc.
#device lnc # NE2100, NE32-VL Lance Ethernet cards
#device sn # SMC's 9000 series of ethernet chips
#device xe # Xircom pccard ethernet
#
## ISA devices that use the old ISA shims
##device le
#
## Wireless NIC cards
#device wlan # 802.11 support
#device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
#device awi # BayStack 660 and others
#device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
##device wl # Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC.
# Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate.
device random # Entropy device
device loop # Network loopback
device ether # Ethernet support
#device sl # Kernel SLIP
#device ppp # Kernel PPP
device tun # Packet tunnel.
device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
device md # Memory "disks"
#device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
#device faith # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)
# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
device bpf # Berkeley packet filter
## USB support
#device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
#device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
#device usb # USB Bus (required)
##device udbp # USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
#device ugen # Generic
#device uhid # "Human Interface Devices"
#device ukbd # Keyboard
#device ulpt # Printer
#device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
#device ums # Mouse
#device urio # Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
#device uscanner # Scanners
## USB Ethernet, requires mii
#device aue # ADMtek USB ethernet
#device axe # ASIX Electronics USB ethernet
#device cue # CATC USB ethernet
#device kue # Kawasaki LSI USB ethernet
#
## FireWire support
#device firewire # FireWire bus code
#device sbp # SCSI over FireWire (Requires scbus and da)
#device fwe # Ethernet over FireWire (non-standard!)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Fix:
As far as a _real_ fix... well... beats me! I just work here.
The workaround is just to never disable the INET6 option in your kernel,
it seems. (But that is a rather non-optimal solution I think. What good
is an option if you can never exercise it?)
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