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Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 11:46:40 +0200
From: Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be>
To: Steve Snyder <swsnyder@home.com>
Cc: Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What does "Neighbour table overflow" message indicate?
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On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 09:15:11PM -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
> 
> Further snooping shows the error msg text in file inux/net/ipv4/route.c:
> 
>     if (net_ratelimit())
>         printk("Neighbour table overflow.\n");
> 
> The reference to "net_ratelimit" make me wonder if it is related to 
> iptables.  I am using iptable, and have since kernel 2.4.1, but I've seen 
> these messages before.  Hmmm.

net_ratelimit() is there to only log something every 5 seconds,
so your logs don't get flooded.  It should be used for every
printk that has to do with net.

See core/utils.c


Kurt

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