On 2024-02-03 12:55 -05, "Stefan R. Filipek" <srfili...@gmail.com> wrote: > For some time, my /var/log/messages has been filled with entries like: > > Dec 31 14:03:58 odin slaacd[56869]: last solicitation less then 4 seconds ago > Dec 31 14:04:08 odin last message repeated 2 times > Dec 31 15:50:07 odin slaacd[56869]: last solicitation less then 4 seconds ago > Dec 31 15:50:17 odin last message repeated 2 times > ... > > Ad nauseum. The message comes from slaacd/engine.c's > request_solicitation() function that limits solicitation requests to a > defined interval. > > I think this is occurring in my case so often because of Thread > networks: short-lived, ad-hoc mesh networks that come and go. It > doesn't seem to happen all the time, but it's in line with the > short-lived SLAAC addresses that my server gets, with 2 addresses per > network that have a 1800s vltime. > > In general, it doesn't seem like these should really be warnings. The > function is doing its job, and the nature of how IPv6 is used today > means this behavior should be expected more. > > Hopefully this following change is agreeable? If anything, let's fix > the then/than typo. (Apologies for the tabs/spaces...)
Yep. Committed, thanks! (There is probably more log_warn(x) in slaacd / unwind / dhcpleased that should be log_debug) -- In my defence, I have been left unsupervised.
