From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, svdb+linux-kernel-bugs@stack.nl
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9224] New: Settings to /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/conf/all are not propagated
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:16:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071025091652.0d7002c1.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-9224-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:44:06 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9224
>
> Summary: Settings to /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/conf/all are not
> propagated
> Product: Networking
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: 2.6.24-rc1
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P1
> Component: Other
> AssignedTo: acme@ghostprotocols.net
> ReportedBy: svdb+linux-kernel-bugs@stack.nl
>
>
> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.22 (not sure)
> Distribution: custom
> Hardware Environment: See attached files
> Software Environment: See attached files.
> Problem Description: Changing a setting in /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/conf/all does
> not propagate the setting to the individual network interfaces, for most
> settings.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/{all,default,lo,eth0}/autoconf
> 1
> 1
> 1
> 1
> # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf
> # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/autoconf
> # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/{all,default,lo,eth0}/autoconf
> 0
> 0
> 1
> 1
>
> The problem occurs for other settings than "autoconf", but not for all.
> "forwarding" is one which does work.
>
> Changing settings for individual interfaces still works.
>
> The problem is not specific to ipv6.
>
Apparently a regression.
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2007-10-25 16:16 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2007-10-25 17:14 ` [Bugme-new] [Bug 9224] New: Settings to /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/conf/all are not propagated YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
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