Bug 78955

Here are to diff's I just made. After using the new files (config.{h,make}) it 
works for me.

diff net-tools-1.60-config.h net-tools-1.60-config.h.Oliver
31c31
< #define HAVE_AFINET6 1
---
> #define HAVE_AFINET6 0
36c36
< #define HAVE_AFROSE 1
---
> #define HAVE_AFROSE 0
38c38
< #define HAVE_AFECONET 1
---
> #define HAVE_AFECONET 0
40c40
< #define HAVE_AFASH 1
---
> #define HAVE_AFASH 0
55c55
< #define HAVE_HWROSE 1
---
> #define HAVE_HWROSE 0
59,63c59,63
< #define HAVE_HWSIT 1
< #define HAVE_HWFDDI 1
< #define HAVE_HWHIPPI 1
< #define HAVE_HWASH 1
< #define HAVE_HWHDLCLAPB 1
---
> #define HAVE_HWSIT 0
> #define HAVE_HWFDDI 0
> #define HAVE_HWHIPPI 0
> #define HAVE_HWASH 0
> #define HAVE_HWHDLCLAPB 0
65c65
< #define HAVE_HWEC 1
---
> #define HAVE_HWEC 0

diff net-tools-1.60-config.make net-tools-1.60-config.make.Oliver
4c4
< HAVE_AFINET6=1
---
> # HAVE_AFINET6=0
9c9
< HAVE_AFROSE=1
---
> # HAVE_AFROSE=0
11c11
< HAVE_AFECONET=1
---
> # HAVE_AFECONET=0
13c13
< HAVE_AFASH=1
---
> # HAVE_AFASH=0
22c22
< HAVE_HWROSE=1
---
> # HAVE_HWROSE=0
26,30c26,30
< HAVE_HWSIT=1
< HAVE_HWFDDI=1
< HAVE_HWHIPPI=1
< HAVE_HWASH=1
< HAVE_HWHDLCLAPB=1
---
> # HAVE_HWSIT=0
> # HAVE_HWFDDI=0
> # HAVE_HWHIPPI=0
> # HAVE_HWASH=0
> # HAVE_HWHDLCLAPB=0
32c32
< HAVE_HWEC=1
---
> # HAVE_HWEC=0

Any comments from you, "pknirsch"?

I have another machine (well another Alpha again) where the same problem 
occured.
The machines ifconfig -a Output after installing my "new" net-tools package:
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
          inet addr:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX  Bcast:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX Mask:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:72358149 errors:28 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36171170 errors:9 dropped:0 overruns:2 carrier:16
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:102247215433 (97510.5 Mb)  TX bytes:2569220176 (2450.1 Mb)
          Interrupt:29 Base address:0x8000

So it seams, that the problem occurs early than 100 GB...

So basically by disabeling tons of stuff it works for you. Unfortunately we want
e.g. IPv6 support etc, so i'll have to dig a little into what really needs to be
disabled and what really makes it crash.

If you could reproduce the bug with a gdb output and attach that here that would
problably help a lot to identify where it crashes and why. Just disabling all
those options is not an option (no pun intended :-).

Thanks,

Read ya, Phil

I'm not a gdb-guru :-)

(gdb) exec-file ./ifconfig -a
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/net-tools-1.60/ifconfig

Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
warning: Hit beginning of text section without finding
warning: enclosing function for address 0x11fffe244
This warning occurs if you are debugging a function without any symbols
(for example, in a stripped executable).  In that case, you may wish to
increase the size of the search with the `set heuristic-fence-post' command.

Otherwise, you told GDB there was a function where there isn't one, or
(more likely) you have encountered a bug in GDB.
0x11fffe244 in ?? ()

I hope it helps a bit...

Phil, if you need more information, please tell me what steps I have to do... 
And I'll send you the results.

Hi Phil!

Now it's over... Not even my recompiled ifconfig version works... 
But /proc/net/dev shows me now a lot more traffic!

[root@fw root]# cat /proc/net/dev
Inter-|   Receive                                                |  Transmit
 face |bytes    packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes    
packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
    lo:20954110  104348    0    0    0     0          0         0 20954110  
104348    0    0    0     0       0          0
  eth0:1007641778197 1662925358  123    0    0     0          0         0 
889609213610 1605652949 20694566    0    4 13864685 20694606          0
  eth1:859146373244 1564344858  126    0    0     8          0         0 
963838248065 1557213761  153    0    6     0     306          0

ifconfig has been compiled with DEBUG... gdb shows this:
(gdb) run
Starting program: /root/net-tools-1.60/ifconfig
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6.1...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Reading in symbols for dl-debug.c...done.
Reading in symbols for rtld.c...done.
Reading in symbols for dl-init.c...done.

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
warning: Hit heuristic-fence-post without finding
warning: enclosing function for address 0x120003840
This warning occurs if you are debugging a function without any symbols
(for example, in a stripped executable).  In that case, you may wish to
increase the size of the search with the `set heuristic-fence-post' command.

Otherwise, you told GDB there was a function where there isn't one, or
(more likely) you have encountered a bug in GDB.
0x120003840 in ?? ()

It seems I found a solution... I took out "-O2" from Makefile and now it 
works! You can find a SRPM here:

http://filelister.linux-kernel.at/downloads/packages/SRPMS/net-tools-1.60-
9.src.rpm

For me it's done...

OK, the URL was too long, here is a short version:
http://t.linux-kernel.at/s.pl?1b.

OK, i'm removing the -O2 for alpha now, too.

Thanks for the debugging! :-)

Read ya, Phil

Please use -O2 for alpha. I had problems with no -0 as well.

Arg. -O0 I meant.....