From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 5 6: 7:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jdl.com (chrome.jdl.com [209.39.144.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5696937B401 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 06:07:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=jdl.com) by jdl.com with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1) id 15ecOv-0001Wb-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2001 08:07:29 -0500 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: No memory for rx list? Clarity-Index: null Threat-Level: none Software-Engineering-Dead-Seriousness: There's no excuse for unreadable code. Net-thought: If you meet the Buddha on the net, put him in your Kill file. Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 08:07:27 -0500 From: Jon Loeliger Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So, I have gotten this message a couple times now: Sep 4 09:11:32 www /kernel: xl0: no memory for rx list -- packet dropped! Sep 4 09:11:32 www last message repeated 15 times And it is: Aug 9 07:36:59 www /kernel: xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xdc00-0xdc3f irq 11 at device 10.0 on pci0 Aug 9 07:36:59 www /kernel: xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:97:cf:fa:b4 Aug 9 07:36:59 www /kernel: miibus0: on xl0 On a: www 1427 # uname -a FreeBSD www.uncommoncon.com 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sat Apr 21 10:54:49 GMT 2001 jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 Is this some memory leak or bug? Or is this some net-attack? It is on a machine on the inside of the Firewall, so I assume it is a memory leak (or so) right now. Well, OK, so it comes from tl_newbuf() when mbufs can't be had. Question is, why can't we find an mbuf? Did someone lie about an incoming ether frame size? Just flat ran out of mbufs? Thanks, jdl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message