Overwhelming messages from /sys/netinet/if_ether.c

[Donn Miller]

Since I started using a cable modem and dhclient, my system has been
literally overwhelmed with messages like:

/kernel: arp: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is using my IP address 0.0.0.0!

Man, these messages were pouring out of syslogd like mad, and my
/var/log/messages* files had to be deleted, because they were growing
so huge.  There were literally hundreds of these messages pouring out
via syslogd per second, and they were coming non-stop.  There were so
many messages coming out, my hard drive was overwhelmed until dhclient
finally obtain/ed a lease.  That said, I suggest we make the following
patch to /sys/netinet/if_ether.c:

--- if_ether.c.orig     Wed Mar 29 02:50:39 2000
+++ if_ether.c  Fri Apr  7 11:24:54 2000
@@ -554,9 +554,9 @@
                return;
        }
        if (isaddr.s_addr == myaddr.s_addr) {
-               log(LOG_ERR,
+               /* log(LOG_ERR,
                   "arp: %6D is using my IP address %s!\n",
-                  ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr));
+                  ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr)); */
                itaddr = myaddr;
                goto reply;
        }


- Donn
--- if_ether.c.orig     Wed Mar 29 02:50:39 2000
+++ if_ether.c  Fri Apr  7 11:24:54 2000
@@ -554,9 +554,9 @@
                return;
        }
        if (isaddr.s_addr == myaddr.s_addr) {
-               log(LOG_ERR,
+               /* log(LOG_ERR,
                   "arp: %6D is using my IP address %s!\n",
-                  ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr));
+                  ea->arp_sha, ":", inet_ntoa(isaddr)); */
                itaddr = myaddr;
                goto reply;
        }