After applying this patch I did not see any sk_ax25_debug = 1 into
/var/log/messages. It was always = 0.
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 12:11:55 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 12:13:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 12:16:39 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de040
Mar 25 12:18:57 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de040
Mar 25 12:23:12 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de580
Mar 25 12:26:50 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de580
Mar 25 12:32:34 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de040
Mar 25 12:33:14 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 12:33:57 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de040
Mar 25 12:36:56 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de580
Mar 25 12:43:16 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de580
Mar 25 12:48:34 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de580
Mar 25 12:48:57 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de040
Mar 25 12:53:10 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de580
Mar 25 13:00:31 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 13:03:24 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 13:03:56 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de040
Mar 25 13:10:52 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 13:13:22 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de040
Here is an extract of /var/log/kernel/warnings.log
Mar 25 11:54:04 f6bvp-9 kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 3
Mar 25 11:54:04 f6bvp-9 kernel: mkiss: AX.25 Multikiss, Hans Albas PE1AYX
Mar 25 11:54:04 f6bvp-9 mkiss[3443]: starting
Mar 25 11:54:04 f6bvp-9 kernel: mkiss: ax0: crc mode is auto.
Mar 25 11:54:04 f6bvp-9 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ax0: link
becomes ready
Mar 25 11:54:04 f6bvp-9 kernel: mkiss: ax1: crc mode is auto.
Mar 25 11:54:04 f6bvp-9 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ax1: link
becomes ready
Mar 25 11:54:05 f6bvp-9 mkiss[3455]: starting
Mar 25 11:54:05 f6bvp-9 kernel: mkiss: ax2: crc mode is auto.
Mar 25 11:54:05 f6bvp-9 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ax2: link
becomes ready
Mar 25 11:54:05 f6bvp-9 kernel: mkiss: ax3: crc mode is auto.
Mar 25 11:54:05 f6bvp-9 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ax3: link
becomes ready
Mar 25 11:54:11 f6bvp-9 kdm_greet[3470]: Can't open default user face
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 kernel: mkiss: ax4: crc mode is auto.
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ax4: link
becomes ready
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 kissattach[3510]: AX.25 port 4 bound to device ax4
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: Current configuration:
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: socket udp on port 10093
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: mode tnc
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: device /dev/ttyq1
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: speed 115200
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: loglevel 2
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: 6 active routes.
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: F6BVP-11 192.168.0.66 udp
10093 0
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: F6BVP-10 192.168.0.66 udp
10093 1
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: F6BVP-7 192.168.0.103 udp
10093 0
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: F6BVP-6 192.168.0.103 udp
10093 1
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: F6BVP-12 192.168.0.66 udp
10093 0
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: VA2BBS 216.239.82.253 udp
10093 1 va2bbs.homeip.net
Mar 25 11:54:22 f6bvp-9 ax25ipd: 0 parameters
Mar 25 11:54:26 f6bvp-9 kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 6
Mar 25 11:54:27 f6bvp-9 kernel: netromd uses obsolete
(PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET)
Mar 25 11:54:27 f6bvp-9 netromd[3553]: starting
--
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: WARNING: at net/core/sock.c:1559
sock_def_write_space()
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: Pid: 3443, comm: mkiss Not tainted
2.6.24.3 #3
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c010513a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c0105b52>] show_trace+0x12/0x20
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c01064ac>] dump_stack+0x6c/0x80
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c024d5d0>]
sock_def_write_space+0x150/0x160
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c024d9ba>] sock_wfree+0x3a/0x40
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c024fb7d>] skb_release_all+0x4d/0xf0
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c024f32b>] __kfree_skb+0xb/0x90
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c024f3c9>] kfree_skb+0x19/0x30
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c8c79e03>]
ax25_frames_acked+0x43/0x70 [ax25]
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c8c77a10>]
ax25_check_iframes_acked+0x40/0x60 [ax25]
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c8c7946f>]
ax25_std_frame_in+0x6af/0x890 [ax25]
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c8c76dba>]
ax25_kiss_rcv+0x2ba/0x7b0 [ax25]
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c0254d44>]
netif_receive_skb+0x244/0x2e0
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c02578b5>] process_backlog+0x75/0xe0
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c02573cb>] net_rx_action+0x12b/0x1d0
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c011d595>] __do_softirq+0x55/0xc0
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c011d647>] do_softirq+0x47/0x50
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c011d9f5>] local_bh_enable_ip+0x95/0xe0
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c02bac55>] _spin_unlock_bh+0x25/0x30
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c8c696b0>]
mkiss_receive_buf+0x360/0x420 [mkiss]
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c020dfe7>] pty_write+0x47/0x60
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c020b5b2>] write_chan+0x222/0x330
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c0208c76>] tty_write+0x126/0x1b0
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c01728df>] vfs_write+0xaf/0x120
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c0172e2d>] sys_write+0x3d/0x70
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: [<c010412a>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0xa5
Mar 25 12:03:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: =======================
Mar 25 12:09:01 f6bvp-9 crond[3928]: (root) CMD ([ -d /var/lib/php ]
&& find /var/lib/php/ -type f -mmin +$(/usr/lib/php/maxlifetime) -print0
| xargs -r -0 rm)
Mar 25 12:11:55 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
Mar 25 12:13:07 f6bvp-9 kernel: sk_ax25_debug = 0, c08de2e0
I forgot to mention an obvious thing : since the WARN_ON_ONCE patch
there is no more kernel panic. But you knew that of course.
Many thanks for your help.
I am prepared for the next step you probably want to explore.
If it is easier for you, to prepare a patch, I can upgrade to 2.6.24.4.
Best regards,
Bernard P.
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