Re: Netfilter is broken (was Re: ip_defrag is broken (was: Re: test12 lockups -- need feedback))

[Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>]

On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 01:48:32AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> Also is it sure that the backtrace involves ip_rcv ? A more likely
> guess is that it happens during the IP_LOCAL_OUT hook, when skb->dev 
> isn't set yet, but conntrack already has to already reassemble fragments.

Oh, thanks Andi. This is the key, of course. I'm always way too focused
on forwarded packets ;)

This is definitely the problem. 

We could set skb->dev to skb->dst->dev, but this sounds more like a 
hack than a real solution...

> -Andi

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