Hello :) I'm using 3.0.2 on Ubuntu Dapper, set up using the packages
from http://ubuntu.cs.mtsu.edu/packages/xen/ along with the
Dom0 kernel and modules from the 3.0.2 32-bit distribution tarball.
I am trying to model a network using multiple DomUs and bridge
instances, running Quagga and OSPF amongst them, but I'm experiencing a
very much more basic connectivity problem.
Very simply, after a while, a bridge stops forwarding, yet it still
knows about the MAC address on each port:
root@scribe:~# brctl showmacs tower-sw
port no mac addr is local? ageing timer
2 00:16:3e:63:e2:8c no 1.99
1 00:16:3e:73:4f:20 no 0.44
2 fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff yes 0.00
root@scribe:~# brctl show
...
u10-tower 8000.feffffffffff no vif14.0
vif10.2
...
I have 6 bridges in total, including xenbr0, and all have a bridge ID
of 8000.feffffffffff - is this bad? Hence, the MAC address of each
bridge is FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (as well as that of each vifX.Y)
The DomU's at either end of the u10-tower bridge are 10.0.1.1 and
10.0.1.254, and when I try to ping each from its counterpart, I see this
on Dom0:
root@scribe:~# tcpdump -i tower-sw -n
tcpdump: WARNING: tower-sw: no IPv4 address assigned
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol
decode listening on tower-sw, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size
96 bytes
11:42:00.850064 arp who-has 10.0.1.1 tell 10.0.1.254
11:42:01.312926 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
11:42:01.849986 arp who-has 10.0.1.1 tell 10.0.1.254
11:42:02.312928 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
11:42:02.850053 arp who-has 10.0.1.1 tell 10.0.1.254
11:42:03.312926 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
Even if I assign an IP address to u10-tower on Dom0, I can not ping
either host...
Here's the really interesting part.. watch what happens as 10.0.1.254
shuts down starting with a few 1-second pings from 10.0.1.1...
12:12:02.532932 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
12:12:03.532925 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
12:12:04.532930 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
12:12:05.532932 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
12:12:06.532932 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
12:12:07.532936 arp who-has 10.0.1.254 tell 10.0.1.1
12:12:07.852683 IP 10.0.1.1 > 10.0.1.254: ICMP echo request, id 12039,
seq 15, length 64
12:12:07.853398 IP 10.0.1.1 > 10.0.1.254: ICMP echo request, id 12039,
seq 16, length 64
12:12:07.853814 arp reply 10.0.1.1 is-at 00:16:3e:63:e2:8c
12:12:07.854081 arp reply 10.0.1.1 is-at 00:16:3e:63:e2:8c
12:12:07.854474 arp reply 10.0.1.1 is-at 00:16:3e:63:e2:8c
12:12:07.854707 arp reply 10.0.1.1 is-at 00:16:3e:63:e2:8c
12:12:07.855049 arp reply 10.0.1.1 is-at 00:16:3e:63:e2:8c
(there were dozens of these replies)
The echo request + subsequent flood of ARP replies happens the instant
the DomU says "System halted".
It appears to be a repeatable problem - I just let the system sit for
~15 mins and the bridge stops forwarding :(
Does this sound at all familiar to anyone? :)
Cheers,
Gavin.
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