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Jasso

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Any idea what these entries mean, it goes on for around 5 minutes:

Aug 12 11:25:13 kernel: ICMPv6 ND: __ndisc_send() failed to allocate an skb.
Aug 12 11:25:49 kernel: ICMPv6 ND: __ndisc_send() failed to allocate an skb.
Aug 12 11:25:49 kernel: ICMPv6 ND: __ndisc_send() failed to allocate an skb.
Aug 12 11:25:50 kernel: ICMPv6 ND: __ndisc_send() failed to allocate an skb.
 
It's a debug warning... check your IPv6 config to the ISP, along with clients - some clients are better than others...

Code:
Print-out the error value when sock_alloc_send_skb() fails in
the IPv6 neighbor discovery code - can be useful for debugging.√


diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index e09f12e..1d13d99 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ struct sk_buff *ndisc_build_skb(struct net_device *dev,
                  1, &err);
    if (!skb) {
        ND_PRINTK0(KERN_ERR
-               "ICMPv6 ND: %s() failed to allocate an skb.\n",
-               __func__);
+               "ICMPv6 ND: %s() failed to allocate an skb, err=%d.\n",
+               __func__, err);
        return NULL;
    }

@@ -1562,8 +1562,8 @@ void ndisc_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neighbour *neigh,
                   1, &err);
    if (buff == NULL) {
        ND_PRINTK0(KERN_ERR
-               "ICMPv6 Redirect: %s() failed to allocate an skb.\n",
-               __func__);
+               "ICMPv6 Redirect: %s() failed to allocate an skb, err=%d.\n",
+               __func__, err);
        goto release;
    }
 

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