From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:55:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:55:28 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([212.227.14.2]:18530 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:55:18 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What does "Neighbour table overflow" message indicate? In-Reply-To: <01072821151103.01125@mercury.snydernet.lan> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.39 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:55:24 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing 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