Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 12:24:57 -0700 From: David Holloway <davidhol@windriver.com> To: Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Overwhelming messages from /sys/netinet/if_ether.c Message-ID: <200004071924.MAA00849@papermill.wrs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:39:09 EDT." <38EE011D.B81BA63C@cvzoom.net>
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I have seen that situation before as well
and there may be more slight tolerance-style improvements
that could be made but I can't think of any at the moment.
In message <38EE011D.B81BA63C@cvzoom.net>, Donn Miller writes:
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>Since I started using a cable modem and dhclient, my system has been
>literally overwhelmed with messages like:
>
>/kernel: arp: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is using my IP address 0.0.0.0!
>
>Man, these messages were pouring out of syslogd like mad, and my
>/var/log/messages* files had to be deleted, because they were growing
>so huge. There were literally hundreds of these messages pouring out
>via syslogd per second, and they were coming non-stop. There were so
>many messages coming out, my hard drive was overwhelmed until dhclient
>finally obtain/ed a lease. That said, I suggest we make the following
>patch to /sys/netinet/if_ether.c:
>
>--- if_ether.c.orig Wed Mar 29 02:50:39 2000
>+++ if_ether.c Fri Apr 7 11:24:54 2000
>@@ -554,9 +554,9 @@
> return;
> }
> if (isaddr.s_addr == myaddr.s_addr) {
>- log(LOG_ERR,
>+ /* log(LOG_ERR,
> "arp: %6D is using my IP address %s!\n",
>- ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr));
>+ ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr)); */
> itaddr = myaddr;
> goto reply;
> }
>
>
>- Donn
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>--- if_ether.c.orig Wed Mar 29 02:50:39 2000
>+++ if_ether.c Fri Apr 7 11:24:54 2000
>@@ -554,9 +554,9 @@
> return;
> }
> if (isaddr.s_addr == myaddr.s_addr) {
>- log(LOG_ERR,
>+ /* log(LOG_ERR,
> "arp: %6D is using my IP address %s!\n",
>- ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr));
>+ ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr)); */
> itaddr = myaddr;
> goto reply;
> }
>
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