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Date:      Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:53:28 -0700
From:      Alex Arslan <ararslan@comcast.net>
To:        Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Diagnosing virtual machine network issues
Message-ID:  <A9069EB9-2CFE-4A9A-98AD-2C8085873163@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <2B0A1E6F-7B89-4F7C-9ECE-ABA94E476D5A@iitbombay.org>
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> On Jul 30, 2024, at 2:22=E2=80=AFPM, Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org> =
wrote:
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>> On Jul 30, 2024, at 2:11=E2=80=AFPM, Alex Arslan =
<ararslan@comcast.net> wrote:
>>=20
>>> Can you provide more context?  I'm not seeing earlier messages =
anywhere in my email folders.  Is this a Qemu issue?
>>=20
>> The original message is from just over a month ago, archived here:
>> =
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2024-June/003378.html
>> Basically, we have FreeBSD 13.2 VMs running under KVM on a Linux =
machine.
>> Some code is using libcurl to make a request to an invalid domain and =
is
>> testing that the error is a resolution failure. This test passes on =
all
>> platforms except specifically in these FreeBSD VMs; I can't reproduce
>> locally on FreeBSD. That made me think that there's an issue with how =
the
>> VM was set up, prompting the original message and discussion. Then =
what
>> I recently found was that we set a 30-second timeout for the libcurl
>> request, which FreeBSD hits in the VM, as it evidently spends a full
>> 30 seconds attempting to resolve the host, while e.g. Linux reports a
>> resolution failure immediately.
>=20
> What does /etc/resolv.conf look like on the FreeBSD VM?


Just a comment and a name server line:

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by resolvconf
nameserver 192.168.122.1=

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: =
after-white-space;"><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Jul 30, =
2024, at 2:22=E2=80=AFPM, Bakul Shah &lt;bakul@iitbombay.org&gt; =
wrote:</div><div><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: =
none;"><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; =
font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; =
font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: =
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;">On Jul 30, 2024, at 2:11=E2=80=AFPM, Alex Arslan =
&lt;ararslan@comcast.net&gt; wrote:<br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Can =
you provide more context? &nbsp;I'm not seeing earlier messages anywhere =
in my email folders. &nbsp;Is this a Qemu issue?<br></blockquote><br>The =
original message is from just over a month ago, archived =
here:<br>https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers/2024-June/0033=
78.html<br>Basically, we have FreeBSD 13.2 VMs running under KVM on a =
Linux machine.<br>Some code is using libcurl to make a request to an =
invalid domain and is<br>testing that the error is a resolution failure. =
This test passes on all<br>platforms except specifically in these =
FreeBSD VMs; I can't reproduce<br>locally on FreeBSD. That made me think =
that there's an issue with how the<br>VM was set up, prompting the =
original message and discussion. Then what<br>I recently found was that =
we set a 30-second timeout for the libcurl<br>request, which FreeBSD =
hits in the VM, as it evidently spends a full<br>30 seconds attempting =
to resolve the host, while e.g. Linux reports a<br>resolution failure =
immediately.<br></blockquote><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">What =
does /etc/resolv.conf look like on the FreeBSD =
VM?</span></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>Just a comment and a =
name server line:<div><br><div><div>$ cat /etc/resolv.conf</div><div># =
Generated by resolvconf</div><div>nameserver =
192.168.122.1</div></div></div></body></html>=

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