From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 22:50:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F8CA106564A for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:50:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33FF48FC0C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:50:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5UMo9U5029850 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:50:09 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p5UMo9UW029848; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:50:09 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:50:09 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201106302250.p5UMo9UW029848@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Marcin Wisnicki Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1293106564A for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:47:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B15558FC0C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:47:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5UMl8rG051977 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:47:08 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p5UMl8BJ051976; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:47:08 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201106302247.p5UMl8BJ051976@red.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:47:08 GMT From: Marcin Wisnicki To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/158543: bind spams logs with unexpected errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:50:09 -0000 >Number: 158543 >Category: bin >Synopsis: bind spams logs with unexpected errors >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 30 22:50:08 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Marcin Wisnicki >Release: 8.2-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD ghost.pnet.one.pl 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #4: Sun Jun 26 15:10:04 CEST 2011 root@ghost.pnet.one.pl:/home/obj/usr/src/sys/SERWER_DDB i386 >Description: When Internet connection is down (ppp), named fills /var/log/messages with thousands (dozens per second) of following errors: Jul 1 00:17:21 ghost named[4346]: /usr/src/lib/bind/isc/../../../contrib/bind9/lib/isc/unix/socket.c:1705: unexpected error: Jul 1 00:17:21 ghost named[4346]: internal_send: 2001:503:c27::2:30#53: Network is down Jul 1 00:17:21 ghost named[4346]: /usr/src/lib/bind/isc/../../../contrib/bind9/lib/isc/unix/socket.c:1705: unexpected error: Jul 1 00:17:21 ghost named[4346]: internal_send: 2001:503:c27::2:30#53: Network is down For all ipv6 addresses of root servers. This makes /var/log/messages grow so fast that it could fill entire /var before newsyslog kicks in and cause all kind of problems requiring manual intervention. Lack of Internet, even for extended period of time, shouldn't have such dramatic consequences. I'm therefore marking this bug as critical. I'm using 6to4 for IPv6, my named.conf is derived from default config (added local zones and forwarding to dns servers of my isp). >How-To-Repeat: 1. Disconnect from Internet 2. Restart named or try to lookup anything 3. Watch the logs or console >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: