Re: NetBSD xen dom0 kernel panic

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <49C0957E.5050304%searchy.net@localhost>, Frank  
<netbsd%searchy.net@localhost> wrote:
>YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>>> Good, I think that the that pools that are used in interrupt contexts,
>>> should be using pool_cache_<foo> not pool_<foo> like the signal does.
>>> Is that right? Can you try to make this change?
>>>
>>> christos
>> 
>> it's fine to use pool_foo in interrupt context, if the pool is set up
>> properly.  however, this particular pool is not expected to be used
>> in interrupt context.  it's possible to make packet filters interrupt-safe,
>> but imo it's better to fix bridge_ipf.
>> 
>> YAMAMOTO Takashi
>
>A temporary solution would be to disable BRIDGE_IPF ?

that will work.

>If any patches become available, let me know so I can test them.

Yamt,

Can you explain how to fix bridge_ipf? Processing the packets in a separate
thread does not really work - I think - because you need to say yes or no,
immediately.

christos