[REGRESSION] Kernel 3.6 drops network packets instead of forwarding

Chini, Georg (HP App Services)

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Oct 6, 2012, 8:00:01 AM10/6/12

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Hello,

I have a network issue with kernel 3.6. My machine is set
up as router and with 3.6 it sometimes silently drops reply
packets instead of forwarding.
Example tcpdump on the router for ping www.heise.de from a
machine in my network (NAT is done elsewhere):

12:37:54.746627 IP 192.168.255.150 > 193.99.144.85: ICMP echo request, id 16414, seq 1, length 64 (eth0)
12:37:54.746681 IP 192.168.255.150 > 193.99.144.85: ICMP echo request, id 16414, seq 1, length 64 (GRE tunnel)
12:37:54.782195 IP 193.99.144.85 > 192.168.255.150: ICMP echo reply, id 16414, seq 1, length 64 (GRE tunnel)
12:37:54.782335 IP 193.99.144.85 > 192.168.255.150: ICMP echo reply, id 16414, seq 1, length 64 (eth0)
12:37:55.785974 IP 192.168.255.150 > 193.99.144.85: ICMP echo request, id 16416, seq 1, length 64 (eth0)
12:37:55.786023 IP 192.168.255.150 > 193.99.144.85: ICMP echo request, id 16416, seq 1, length 64 (GRE tunnel)
12:37:55.822529 IP 193.99.144.85 > 192.168.255.150: ICMP echo reply, id 16416, seq 1, length 64 (GRE tunnel)
NO forwarded packet on eth0

Then this goes on for an arbitrary period (between a few seconds and
more then half an hour) and suddenly returns to normal. During that
time no communication is possible between a host on my network and
any external host. Connections from the router itself still work.
With kernel 3.4.3 everything works fine. Had the same issue with
-rc6 and -rc7.

There are no messages in the logs. Any idea what might cause this
or how I can debug it any further?
I will supply more details on my setup if needed. Please CC me in
your reply as I am not subscribed to the list.

Thanks in advance
Georg Chini
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Eric Dumazet

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Oct 6, 2012, 10:00:02 AM10/6/12

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Looks like the bug fixed by :

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=f4ef85bbda96324785097356336bc79cdd37db0a

(David Miller will send it to stable team shortly)

Chini, Georg (HP App Services)

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Oct 6, 2012, 2:00:01 PM10/6/12

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Hello,

> Looks like the bug fixed by :
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=f4ef85bbda96324785097356336bc79cdd37db0a
>
> (David Miller will send it to stable team shortly)

Yes, you are right. Applied the patch and it fixes the problem.
Thanks a lot for your help.

Regards
Georg Chini

Eric Dumazet

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Oct 7, 2012, 2:40:01 AM10/7/12

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On Sat, 2012-10-06 at 17:52 +0000, Chini, Georg (HP App Services) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> > Looks like the bug fixed by :
> >
> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=f4ef85bbda96324785097356336bc79cdd37db0a
> >
> > (David Miller will send it to stable team shortly)
>
> Yes, you are right. Applied the patch and it fixes the problem.
> Thanks a lot for your help.

Thanks for testing !