Re: OOPS: Multipath routing 2.4.17

[Andi Kleen]

Julian Anastasov <[e-mail]> writes:

> 	Hello,
> 
> Kain wrote:
> 
> > impossible 888
> > divide error: 0000
> 
> > > > EIP; c024c5ea <fib_select_multipath+5a/a0>   <=====
> > Trace; c02232e8 <ip_route_output_slow+318/670>
> 
> 	There is no write locking in fib_select_multipath,
> combined with high rate of route resolutions and ... boom,
> fi->fib_power is 0:

In theory yes, but the

#if 1
		if (power <= 0) {
			printk(KERN_CRIT "impossible 777\n");
			return;
		}
#endif

should stop it; making it just not work, but not crash.
If he still gets a division by zero then something else is fishy.

-Andi