Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:27:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:27:10 -0500 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:14344 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:26:58 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:56:08 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Stephen Frost cc: Linux Kernel , Netfilter Subject: Re: test13-pre1 changelog In-Reply-To: <20001214184544.O26953@ns> Message-ID: 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 On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Stephen Frost wrote: > > Any idea if these issues would cause a general slow-down of a > machine? For no apparent reason after 5 days running 2.4.0test12 > everything going through my firewall (set up using iptables) I got about > 100ms time added on to pings and traceroutes. Probably not related to that particular bug - the netfilter issue has apparently been around forever, and it was just some changes in IP fragmentation that just made it show up as an oops. A 100ms delay sounds like some interrupt shut up or similar (and then timer handling makes it limp along). Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/