Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932650AbYBMQnV (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:43:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755464AbYBMQnH (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:43:07 -0500 Received: from twinlark.arctic.org ([208.69.40.136]:55547 "EHLO twinlark.arctic.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755249AbYBMQnG (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:43:06 -0500 Message-ID: <47B31DE7.9060400@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:42:15 -0800 From: "Andrew G. Morgan" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton CC: Haavard Skinnemoen , Ben Nizette , netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BUG: 2.6.25-rc1: iptables postrouting setup causes oops References: <1202816761.3299.19.camel@moss.renham> <20080213004829.fd8afdc7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080213101024.39347322@dhcp-252-066.norway.atmel.com> <20080213012231.46865608.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20080213012231.46865608.akpm@linux-foundation.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1840 Lines: 56 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Haavard, It means your application is not capable(sic) of using the upper 32-bits of the 64-bit capability sets supported by this newer kernel. You might consider rebuilding the offending application linking it against a newer version of libcap: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/ However, it is a warning and, for any existing app that doesn't care about newly added capabilities, the warning is benign. Cheers Andrew Andrew Morton wrote: | On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:10:24 +0100 Haavard Skinnemoen wrote: | |> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:48:29 -0800 |> Andrew Morton wrote: |> |>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:46:01 +1100 Ben Nizette wrote: |>> |>>> On an AVR32, root over NFS, config attached, running (from a startup |>>> script): |>>> |>>> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE |>>> |>>> Results in (dmesg extract including a bit of context for good measure): |>>> -------------8<---------------- |>>> VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem). |>>> Freeing init memory: 72K (90000000 - 90012000) |>>> eth0: no IPv6 routers present |>>> warning: `dnsmasq' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use) |> Hmm. What does that mean? What size do capabilities normally have? | | My near-namesake put than in, but I immediately forgot what it means? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHsx3n+bHCR3gb8jsRAjlNAKDK4RLJsPsMPN96JJnTj3U25Bx91ACdESeN 2P3V2ISny33KY6v107iHsKU= =1jND -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/