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Date:      Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:43:30 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Pawel Biernacki <kaktus@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org,  dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 3eaffc626589 - main - netinet6: allow disabling excess log messages
Message-ID:  <95n6o6q4-s916-nq21-op3o-2q925r91r13n@mnoonqbm.arg>
In-Reply-To: <202303131649.32DGnNxn023755@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202303131649.32DGnNxn023755@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, 13 Mar 2023, Pawel Biernacki wrote:

> The branch main has been updated by kaktus:
>
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3eaffc626589eb2fc20a3c9c87eb8ab0ee89e783
>
> commit 3eaffc626589eb2fc20a3c9c87eb8ab0ee89e783
> Author:     Pawel Biernacki <kaktus@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2023-03-13 16:36:11 +0000
> Commit:     Pawel Biernacki <kaktus@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2023-03-13 16:46:21 +0000
>
>    netinet6: allow disabling excess log messages
>
>    RFC 4443 specifies cases where certain packets, like those originating from
>    local-scope addresses destined outside of the scope shouldn't be forwarded.
>    The current practice is to drop them, send ICMPv6 message where appropriate,
>    and log the message:
>
>    cannot forward src fe80:10::426:82ff:fe36:1d8, dst 2001:db8:db8::10, nxt
>    58, rcvif vlan5, outif vlan2
>
>    At times the volume of such messages cat get very high. Let's allow local
>    admins to disable such messages on per vnet basis, keeping the current
>    default (log).

Thanks for the change.  I find the commit message a "bit misleading" ;-)

If that log amount gets high, the local admin should take care of some
other hosts ... really ... to reduce the logging and not disable the
messages.


>    Reported by:    zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl
>    Reviewed by:    zlei (previous version), pauamma (docs)
>    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D38644

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7



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