Re: regression when connecting to ipv6 localhost

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 2012-10-14 at 17:38 +0200, Jan Hinnerk Stosch wrote:
> Hi,
> I detected a small regression since linux 3.6.0:
> When I run "ntpq -p" to query the status of my ntp-daemon I receive a
> timeout (localhost.localdomain: timed out, nothing received
> ***Request timed out). Strace shows that connecting to the ipv6
> loopback interface times out. If I explicitly use ipv4 (ntpq -4 -p)
> everything works as intended. Downgrading to linux 3.5.6 solves that
> issue.
> I reported a bug both to my distribution
> (https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31775) and to the kernel bugtracker
> (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48741) not knowing
> exactly which component caused the regression, so I was told to ask
> this here. At the kernel-report you find an strace and tcpdump output.
> If you need any further information just tell me, but be patient as me
> kernel knowledge tends to zero.
> Thanks in advance, Jan Hinnerk
> --


What gives :

cat /etc/ntp.conf
lsof -p `pidof ntpd`
ntpq -p ::1