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Date:      Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:56:24 +0100
From:      =?ISO-8859-2?Q?=A3ukasz_W=B1sikowski?= <lukasz@wasikowski.net>
To:        Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
Cc:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, stable@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>
Subject:   Re: [CFT] modular kernel config
Message-ID:  <4F4D4D88.8040500@wasikowski.net>
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W dniu 2012-02-28 22:22, Arnaud Lacombe pisze:

>>>> FLOWTABLE on 8.x crashed BGP routers (kern/144917).
>>>>
>>> no crash dump, no backtrace, no follow-up whatsoever after 1 year and
>>> 2 years, what's your points ? You could really have chosen a better PR
>>> to back up your argument...
>>
>> Sorry, but I don't want to bug trace this issue, simply because lack of
>> time, resources and interest in this feature. I've run into this bug on
>> production box, went through hell because of it and turned off flowtable
>> which I do not use and not need. If this problem is still alive (it
>> might be, the PR I've mentioned is still open) then it's not a good idea
>> to turn on this feature by default. If you're interested in using this
>> feature then feel free to debug and test.
>>
> Give me a deterministic way to reproduce the issue and I will.

Enable FLOWTABLES in kernel and setup BGP4+ router (with net/quagga).
You need three peers sending you full Internet routing table (3x400k
prefixes). Some people got it with only two peers. After a short while
your CPU should stuck in 100% busy.

-- 
best regards,
Lukasz Wasikowski



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