IPSec panic?

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Tue Nov 15 14:20:44 PST 2005


On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 01:09:33AM +0300, Andrew P. wrote:
> On 11/16/05, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:50:42AM +0300, Andrew P. wrote:
> > > I'm gravely sorry to annoy. I've googled for a little
> > > while and found out that IPSec panics are a known
> > > issue on amd64. Is it still so?
> > >
> > > I was surprised that setkey -D causes panic and
> > > a memory dump on my 6-Stable box. Come on,
> > > it's _FreeBSD_ for crying out loud. We can't live
> > > with that.
> > >
> > > I'm willing to help debugging this nasty thing if
> > > help's needed.
> >
> > Start by determining whether an adequately documented PR (with
> > backtrace, etc) is filed on this issue, and if not, then file one.
> 
> 
> It's a relief that you don't know about it.

I wouldn't read too much into it :)

> Actually, I've never sent a proper bug-related PR,
> so I'll need some hand-holding support from a
> kind soul. I can cvsup to anything, recompile to
> anything and I might be able to get a serial console.
> root access is not impossible to provide.

The main thing is to follow the directions in the developers handbook
chapter on kernel debugging, which explains how to obtain the
necessary debugging backtrace.

Kris
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