Re: nd6_storelladdr: sdl_alen == 0, dst=...

[Mihai Chelaru <kefren%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 05/29/10 01:55, David Young wrote:
> Messages such as these are showing up occasionally in my system log,
> 
> May 28 10:46:24 elmendorf /netbsd: nd6_storelladdr: sdl_alen == 0, 
> dst=2002:40c6:ff01:0002:0217:f2ff:fe4c:5f29, if=wm1
> May 28 10:49:17 elmendorf /netbsd: nd6_storelladdr: sdl_alen == 0, 
> dst=2002:40c6:ff01:0002:0217:f2ff:fe4c:5f29, if=wm1
> 
> and their appearance seems to be connected with brief periods of IPv6
> unreachability---ssh sessions hang, and ping6 gets no reply.
> 
> Does this look familiar to anyone?  Anyone understand the cause?
> 
> Dave
> 

Maybe it's related to the fact that sockaddr_dl_init() return value is
not checked in nd.c line 1235 just before rt_setgate ?

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Mihai