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From: Bernd Eckenfels <W1012@lina.inka.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What does "Neighbour table overflow" message indicate?
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:55:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E15Qr2S-0000Th-00@sites.inka.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01072821151103.01125@mercury.snydernet.lan>

In article <01072821151103.01125@mercury.snydernet.lan> you wrote:
>    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 used to limit the rate of messages or actions done by the
network module. In this case it only ensures, that the printk message is not
printed too often. The actual condition why the message is printed is above
this if.

Greetings
Bernd

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-07-29 13:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-29  1:23 Steve Snyder
     [not found] ` <20010729133848.A3254@weta.f00f.org>
2001-07-29  1:53   ` Steve Snyder
2001-07-29  1:57     ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-07-29  2:15       ` Steve Snyder
2001-07-29  9:08         ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-07-29  9:46         ` Kurt Roeckx
2001-07-29 13:55         ` Bernd Eckenfels [this message]
2001-07-30 12:38     ` Carlos O'Donell Jr.
2001-07-30 23:28       ` Rob Landley
2001-07-29  5:41 ` Riley Williams
2001-07-29 13:50   ` jeff millar

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