kern/163623: [kern] sysctl net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output description is misleading

Eugene Grosbein eugen at eg.sd.rdtc.ru
Mon Dec 26 05:40:13 UTC 2011


>Number:         163623
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [kern] sysctl net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output description is misleading
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 26 05:40:12 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Eugene Grosbein
>Release:        FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
RDTC JSC
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD eg.sd.rdtc.ru 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #36: Fri Dec 23 15:04:05 NOVT 2011 root at eg.sd.rdtc.ru:/usr/local/obj/usr/local/src/sys/EG i386

>Description:

	"sysctl -d net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output" says:

net.inet.icmp.icmplim_output: Enable rate limiting of ICMP responses

	In fact, this setting does not control rate limiting of ICMP responses.
	Instead, it controls whether kernel writes log messages
	about this limiting or not.

>How-To-Repeat:

	See above.

>Fix:

	Change wording in src/sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c for this setting.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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