From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.netfilter.org (mail.netfilter.org [217.70.190.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 559551B0437 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:52:19 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.70.190.124 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768438340; cv=none; b=S9KVhev0rKPo4iaW1GFl8UdGrW4TmTsfDGL4ltVUrfduDYiq7YFgEO8r6yYZQ4V/PHUTSjgRWS6PEzZLrgOGQMvSnKkim8RbrPAfSLwJY8UpZSxGGRVQ7svQmHPEARQZZqpC88jNRtx0yl+xjrhZVhHJGl50nORrjEVNndg3PTk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768438340; c=relaxed/simple; bh=MtvdT7qlNv5bQdKPa3zAgPn0NHXhoYDampuUnXvEfm8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=e0IWiIceyfXZ59nBte8JCPb/ff6F5OjLtA4f4zLqoHD0jxozWJ85reA+da7q/Jy0Dz2233/T5v3FV4iqvF4iRsSSsqZeUuuuRSfZG1N8ZTDOPOxgibKhDmEnnDh5Ig3H5CcMf0EezI44b+p/uelVSgfi2e5y9vTAkYY10/qM8/8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=netfilter.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=netfilter.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=netfilter.org header.i=@netfilter.org header.b=SD9muebV; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.70.190.124 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=netfilter.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=netfilter.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=netfilter.org header.i=@netfilter.org header.b="SD9muebV" Received: from netfilter.org (mail-agni [217.70.190.124]) by mail.netfilter.org (Postfix) with UTF8SMTPSA id 8935D6017E; Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:52:17 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=netfilter.org; s=2025; t=1768438337; bh=6rSklGoxFvhYdCZJz6cb0KBh3KnFSB6QK6eqibbHR+w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=SD9muebVFigTEs9RIGIOstsDTNAGXUB9m/GpmUqb9q/6XKUJ+GgI6vwlcCLWdsq2w avcn4YeHa+dHjkwrXizX+7KtpgBZ82isU6DBPi/CeDIOdmYJ67IAu/BvaWb8OZJxGO /rhuvkNf+W/+Vd/xBFlY3K3KUv7bY0tJOPmdJSm//6gX2msaXaktpM7Z46sa7OxRCX D2QRzA+uNOXPp2mnB0wmQCNZ8xAjwUk1rdGR7iIUGBS2eKnahZ28BR04q24jAIQfWi 2VpM2Cgy7dS/1DWyETXy3+xxwTOZv+v0JwjSHx1CX2iGzjqyZl/+yYNvoBtG392OEs g+UhCIk7WrVtA== Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:52:14 +0100 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso To: Alessandro Vesely Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What happens to netfilter during end-of-day? Message-ID: References: <3460873f-7359-46df-9e26-65c4ce0e38d2@tana.it> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netfilter@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3460873f-7359-46df-9e26-65c4ce0e38d2@tana.it> On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 11:14:49AM +0100, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > Hi, > > I have a netfilter daemon that makes a looping call to mnl_socket_recvfrom() > and quickly examines packet headers. It only stops when it's rebooted. > However, almost every day it receives an ENOBUFS error, just once, around 4 > AM, while running cron.daily. > > I haven't found any useful logs from around the same time that explain > what's happening. Does anyone have more information? Where is your program? It sound like it is buggy?