Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934873AbXEHQJ4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 12:09:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934771AbXEHQJy (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 12:09:54 -0400 Received: from twin.jikos.cz ([213.151.79.26]:54511 "EHLO twin.jikos.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934567AbXEHQJx (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 12:09:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 18:09:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina To: Andrew Morton cc: Michal Piotrowski , LKML , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: 2.6.21-git8+ BUG: NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on CPU1 In-Reply-To: <20070508030701.d21dc40b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: References: <46403642.7020501@googlemail.com> <20070508030701.d21dc40b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 19 On Tue, 8 May 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > happens when a local process sends packets with invalid IP headers > through raw sockets. [...] > Whatever happens, that printk should be toned down, shouldn't it? We > prefer to not let unprivileged apps spam the logs. Isn't "unprivileged app sending packet through raw socket" an oxymoron? As Patrick pointed out, the message is there for a reason, I'd suggest using printk_ratelimit() in this case. -- Jiri Kosina - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/