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(usagi-users 03158) Re: cannot always delete IPv6 route entry in Fedora core 2 and Core 3



Has anybody else ran into the same problem?

I was able to replicate the problem and I am curious if somebody has
a solution for it.

Thanks,
Pavlin

> Hi there,
> 
> I'm a Ph. D student at Carleton University, Canada. I've developing 
> routing protocols
> on Linux.
> 
> Recently when I move code from redhat 9.0 to Fedora Core 2 and 3, I 
> found out sometimes
> the IPv6 route entry added previously cannot be deleted successfully. 
> Finally I traced down to
> the system call to the kernel and did the following experiments:
> 
> [root@localhost lqin]# route -A inet6
> Kernel IPv6 routing table
> Destination                                 Next 
> Hop                                Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> ::1/128                                     
> *                                       U     0      310       0 lo
> fe80::206:25ff:fea9:b1f9/128                
> *                                       U     0      0        0 lo
> fe80::/64                                   
> *                                       U     256    0        0 eth1
> fec0::/128                                  
> fec0::                                  UC    0      18       0 eth1
> fec0::206:25ff:fea9:b1f9/128                
> *                                       U     0      21       0 lo
> fec0::/64                                   
> *                                       U     256    0        0 eth1
> ff00::/128                                  
> ff00::                                  UC    0      15       0 eth1
> ff00::/8                                    
> *                                       U     256    0        0 eth1
> */0                                         
> *                                       UD    256    0        0 eth1
> */0                                         
> *                                       U     1024   0        0 eth1
> [root@localhost lqin]# ip -6 route add fec0::206:25ff:fea9:b1fd/128 dev 
> eth1
> [root@localhost lqin]# netstat --inet6 -rn
> Kernel IPv6 routing table
> Destination                                 Next 
> Hop                                Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> ::1/128                                     
> ::                                      U     0      343       0 lo
> fe80::206:25ff:fea9:b1f9/128                
> ::                                      U     0      0        0 lo
> fe80::/64                                   
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> fec0::206:25ff:fea9:b1f9/128                
> ::                                      U     0      24       0 lo
> fec0::206:25ff:fea9:b1fd/128                
> ::                                      U     1024   0        0 eth1
> fec0::/64                                   
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> ff00::/8                                    
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> fec0::/64                                   
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> ff00::/8                                    
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> ::/0                                        
> ::                                      UD    256    0        0 eth1
> ::/0                                        
> ::                                      U     1024   0        0 eth1
> ::/0                                        
> ::                                      U     1024   0        0 eth1
> [root@localhost lqin]# ip -6 route del fec0::206:25ff:fea9:b1fd/128 dev 
> eth1
> [root@localhost lqin]# netstat --inet6 -rn
> Kernel IPv6 routing table
> Destination                                 Next 
> Hop                                Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> ::1/128                                     
> ::                                      U     0      391       0 lo
> fe80::206:25ff:fea9:b1f9/128                
> ::                                      U     0      0        0 lo
> fe80::/64                                   
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> fec0::/128                                  
> fec0::                                  UC    0      6        0 eth1
> fec0::206:25ff:fea9:b1f9/128                
> ::                                      U     0      27       0 lo
> fec0::206:25ff:fea9:b1fd/128                
> ::                                      U     1024   0        0 eth1
> fec0::/64                                   
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> fec0::/64                                   
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> ff00::/128                                  
> ff00::                                  UC    0      6        0 eth1
> ff00::/8                                    
> ::                                      U     256    0        0 eth1
> ::/0                                        
> ::                                      UD    256    0        0 eth1
> ::/0                                        
> ::                                      U     1024   0        0 eth1
> 
> It will be successfully if I use command twice in very short time (ine 1 
> or 2 seconds)
> ip -6 route del fec0::206:25ff:fea9:b1fd/128 dev eth1
> 
> Here eth1 is a wireless interface
> 
> 
> I tested on two Dell tops with Fedora core 2 and 3 with the same 
> problem, but on redhat 9.0,
> there is no such problem at all (even with the routing protocol which I 
> work on).
> 
> BTW, I've sent the same question to  netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx  but don't 
> receive reply.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Liang Qin