RTNL: assertion failures in logs from the bonding module
Issue
- Following messages from the bonding module are seen in the logs:
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: RTNL: assertion failed at net/core/fib_rules.c (388)
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel:
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: Call Trace:
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: <IRQ> [<ffffffff8021cb88>] fib_rules_event+0x3d/0xff
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff80064def>] notifier_call_chain+0x20/0x32
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8020fd78>] dev_set_mac_address+0x52/0x58
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886ccceb>] :bonding:alb_set_slave_mac_addr+0x41/0x6c
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886cd16b>] :bonding:alb_swap_mac_addr+0x95/0x163
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886c80a6>] :bonding:bond_change_active_slave+0x205/0x360
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886c852d>] :bonding:bond_select_active_slave+0xa4/0xd9
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886c9ffe>] :bonding:bond_mii_monitor+0x3bd/0x403
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886c9c41>] :bonding:bond_mii_monitor+0x0/0x403
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8009292b>] run_timer_softirq+0x133/0x1b0
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff80011cc5>] __do_softirq+0x5e/0xd5
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8005c2fc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8006a53a>] do_softirq+0x2c/0x85
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff80068d0e>] default_idle+0x0/0x50
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8005bc8e>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: <EOI> [<ffffffff80206ec0>] pci_conf1_read+0x0/0xc0
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff80068d37>] default_idle+0x29/0x50
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kdump: kexec: loaded kdump kernel
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff80046f8d>] cpu_idle+0x95/0xb8
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kdump: started up
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff80074511>] start_secondary+0x45a/0x469
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel:
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: RTNL: assertion failed at net/ipv4/devinet.c (984)
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel:
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: Call Trace:
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: <IRQ> [<ffffffff80241ed1>] inetdev_event+0x48/0x282
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8003cc8d>] rt_run_flush+0x7f/0xb8
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff80064def>] notifier_call_chain+0x20/0x32
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8020fd78>] dev_set_mac_address+0x52/0x58
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886ccceb>] :bonding:alb_set_slave_mac_addr+0x41/0x6c
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886cd16b>] :bonding:alb_swap_mac_addr+0x95/0x163
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886c80a6>] :bonding:bond_change_active_slave+0x205/0x360
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886c852d>] :bonding:bond_select_active_slave+0xa4/0xd9
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886c9ffe>] :bonding:bond_mii_monitor+0x3bd/0x403
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff886c9c41>] :bonding:bond_mii_monitor+0x0/0x403
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8009292b>] run_timer_softirq+0x133/0x1b0
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff80011cc5>] __do_softirq+0x5e/0xd5
Dec 9 21:39:24 hostname kernel: [<ffffffff8005c2fc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Kernel version prior to kernel-2.6.18-164.el5
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