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* Unable to flush ICMP redirect routes in kernel 3.0+
@ 2011-11-15 20:23 Ivan Zahariev
  2011-11-15 21:09 ` Eric Dumazet
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 26+ messages in thread
From: Ivan Zahariev @ 2011-11-15 20:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev

Hello,

We have changed nothing in our network infrastructure but only upgraded 
from Linux kernel 2.6.36.2 to 3.0.3. Here is the problem we are 
experiencing:

ICMP redirected routes are cached forever, and they can be cleared only 
by a reboot.

Here is an example:

root@machine5:~# ip route get 1.1.1.1
1.1.1.1 via 9.0.0.1 dev eth0  src 5.5.5.5
     cache <redirected>  ipid 0xfb5d rtt 1475ms rttvar 450ms cwnd 10

root@machine5:~# ip route list cache match 1.1.1.1
1.1.1.1 tos lowdelay via 9.0.0.1 dev eth0  src 5.5.5.5
     cache <redirected>  ipid 0xfb5d rtt 1475ms rttvar 450ms cwnd 10
1.1.1.1 via 9.0.0.1 dev eth0  src 5.5.5.5
     cache <redirected>  ipid 0xfb5d rtt 1475ms rttvar 450ms cwnd 10
...(two more entries, all go via 9.0.0.1)...

1.1.1.1 is the test destination address
5.5.5.5 is the source IP address of "machine5" via dev eth0, the only 
interface besides "lo"
9.0.0.1 is the incorrect gateway which we were redirected to; we want to 
change the route to 9.0.0.8

I found no way to clear this route. What I tried:

root@machine5:~# ip route flush cache ### CACHE FLUSH ###
root@machine5:~# ip route list cache match 1.1.1.1 # empty

root@machine5:~# ip route flush cache ### CACHE FLUSH ###
root@machine5:~# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/flush
root@machine5:~# ip route list cache match 1.1.1.1 # empty

root@machine5:~# ip route get 1.1.1.1 # magically re-inserts the 
<redirected> route, tcpdump sees NO ICMP traffic
1.1.1.1 via 9.0.0.1 dev eth0  src 5.5.5.5
     cache <redirected>  ipid 0xfb5d rtt 1475ms rttvar 450ms cwnd 10

I also tried to force a scheduled route flush:

root@machine5:~# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/gc_timeout
root@machine5:~# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/gc_interval

A reboot fixed it all.

This may be related to the "Several major changes to our routing 
infrastructure" (https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/16/384).
Other users are reporting the same problem:
* https://plus.google.com/u/0/117161704068825702652/posts/1UK1Rp4KA4J
* http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2011/10/msg00633.html
Other similar issues:
* http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg176966.html
* http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-901024-start-0.html

This has been occurring on a few KVM guest machines and also on a 
regular Linux machine, so it's not KVM related.

Is this a bug, or it's me who's missing something?

Thanks.
--Ivan

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2011-11-15 20:23 Unable to flush ICMP redirect routes in kernel 3.0+ Ivan Zahariev
2011-11-15 21:09 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-16 22:32   ` Ivan Zahariev
2011-11-17  0:33     ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-17  8:10       ` Ivan Zahariev
2011-11-17 13:11         ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-17 13:15           ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-17 14:40             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-17 15:37               ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-17 16:31                 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-17 16:40                   ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-17 16:45                     ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-17 16:57                       ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-17 17:01                       ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-17 17:18                         ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-17 17:33                           ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-17 17:38                           ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-18 16:02                             ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-18 16:30                               ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-18 16:34                                 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-18 17:05                                   ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-18 17:07                                     ` Eric Dumazet
2011-11-18 17:21                                       ` Flavio Leitner
2011-11-18 18:04                                         ` David Miller
2011-11-18 20:26                               ` David Miller
2011-11-17 16:52               ` Vasiliy Kulikov

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