Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:37:45 -0400 From: Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> To: mike@karels.net Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Please implement patch in PR180893 Message-ID: <CACpH0Md7GvVY8BR98kGgBDk2=QkHqOYp7zws_Heuwed7yxNrXg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201307272246.r6RMkG7c003205@mail.karels.net> References: <CAJ-Vmo=k45X1U1=khnaJNx4sjV1Y2zAeyn_T8YYNE%2B9MWTV2VA@mail.gmail.com> <201307272246.r6RMkG7c003205@mail.karels.net>
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On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> wrote: > > Sure, but it would be nice to file bugs with VMware and such to ensure > > they fix their bugs. > There's quite a bit of chatter about this problem on the VMWare lists. Linux complains when these packets show up, so it isn't going unnoticed. > fwiw, I use IPv6 with recent versions of ESXi and VMware Workstation, > and have not seen this problem. I'm curious if the problem is in old > versions or with particular configurations. > I think you're only going to find this on the 'bridged' network type. When I tested this problem with other types of VMWare lans, the problem does not occur. > > Anyone have any issue with this? The issue I have is the if_printf(), > > it should be rate limited at the very least. It would also be nice to > > have a different counter to reflect that kind of dropped packet.. > > Agreed to both; I'd rather reserve if_ierrors for NIC-reported errors. > I also think the message should say "from my MAC address" (vs IP). > Obviously, it's really easy to modify the if_printf(), but what type of rate limiting is appropriate here? For instance, if you send a packet from an IP on the lan with changing MAC addresses, FreeBSD will printf() a note about each MAC address change. AFAICT, the if_printf() here can only be triggered by something right on the local lan (not by the internet at large --- even without filters).
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