On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 12:27:19AM -0400, David Coulson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a machine running 2.6.18-rc3 with a bridge config that looks like > this: > > cr1:~# brctl show > bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces > vlan100 36b0.0007e90f40c1 yes eth0.100 > eth2.100 > vlan101 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 yes eth0.101 > eth2.101 > vlan102 5dc0.00e08163c33f yes eth3 > vlan200 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 yes eth0.200 > eth2.200 > vlan201 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 yes eth0.201 > eth2.201 > vlan300 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 yes eth0.300 > eth2.300 > vlan301 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 yes eth0.301 > eth2.301 > vlan302 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 yes eth0.302 > eth2.302 > vlan303 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 yes eth0.303 > eth2.303 > > All bridges, except for vlan102, are running STP and appear to have > elected themselves the root bridge. > > I see this on the console: > > printk: 18 messages suppressed. > eth2.100: received packet with own address as source address > printk: 20 messages suppressed. > eth2.200: received packet with own address as source address > This usually means that you have a loop somewhere, I can't say specifically that this is the case with your current setup, but it would be interesting to capture traffic on that interface and determine what it looks like in more detail. > This repeats continuously, only indicating an issue on the two specific > ports mentioned above. This confuses me: > > 1) All VLANs (except for 102) are in an identical configuration > 2) No other VLANs exhibit the same kernel message > 3) I have another machine, running 2.6.18-rc2 with the same config and > no kernel message > > Is this message specifically related to BPDU frames, or is it pertaining > to any Ethernet frame on the port? > > Here is the STP config for one of the bridges. What's the next step to > troubleshoot this? Capture some of the suspicious traffic. > > vlan200 > bridge id 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 > designated root 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 > root port 0 path cost 0 > max age 20.00 bridge max age > 20.00 > hello time 2.00 bridge hello time > 2.00 > forward delay 5.00 bridge forward delay > 5.00 > ageing time 300.01 > hello timer 1.67 tcn timer > 0.00 > topology change timer 0.00 gc timer > 0.03 > flags > > > eth0.200 (1) > port id 8001 state > forwarding > designated root 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 path cost 19 > designated bridge 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 message age timer > 0.00 > designated port 8001 forward delay timer > 0.00 > designated cost 0 hold timer > 0.67 > flags > > eth2.200 (2) > port id 8002 state > blocking > designated root 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 path cost 4 > designated bridge 5dc0.0007e90f40c1 message age timer > 19.67 > designated port 8001 forward delay timer > 0.00 > designated cost 0 hold timer > 0.00 > flags > > > David > > - -- > David J. Coulson > email: david at davidcoulson.net > web: http://www.davidcoulson.net/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEzYanTIgPQWnLowkRApT1AJ9yXl/O+rzacF+mpM7hhNtsEh/ufACfQCHk > mBGBxl5Iscj7vbFlM0IzY/Y= > =ZIs7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
