Re: possible arp table corruption [2.4.18]

From: Bernd Eckenfels
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 02:24:55 EST


In article <13e9886104070615087452e595@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> Where is the bug? What should I do to avoid this?

Probably in the line generation code of the /proc file in (your old) kernel,
and you can (still) avoid it with netlink. Or you need to read multiple
times through the table.

Another option would be to use a user space arp daemon to catch changes of
the table.

Greetings
Bernd
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