Bug 61111

Summary: tcpdump and ping granularity for > 40 ms rtt's
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <rodger_pape>
Component: tcpdumpAssignee: Harald Hoyer <harald>
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Version: 7.2CC: gharris
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Description Need Real Name 2002-03-13 20:00:40 UTC 
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Description of problem:
For TCPDUMP as well as PING the timestamps resolve to +-10
milliseconds after the first packet. Notice that after the first packet each 
subsequent packet is X9.XXX. the second digit is always 9.
I tried recompiling tcpdump, and libpcap. The ioctl timestamp call
appears to be the problem. When I get a new kernel 2.4.9 it works.
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=252 time=53.655 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=252 time=69.976 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=252 time=89.980 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=252 time=79.982 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=252 time=59.982 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=252 time=89.977 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=252 time=59.980 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=252 time=49.981 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=252 time=49.982 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=252 time=79.983 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=252 time=69.975 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=252 time=59.982 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=252 time=59.981 msec


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ping 10.97.1.1 # problem occurs on sites with more than 40 MS RTT
2. tcpdump -i eth0 # gets data bunched up on 10 MS plateaus
3.
	

Actual Results:  64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=252 time=53.655 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=252 time=69.976 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=252 time=89.980 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=252 time=79.982 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=252 time=59.982 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=252 time=89.977 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=252 time=59.980 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=252 time=49.981 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=252 time=49.982 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=252 time=79.983 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=252 time=69.975 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=252 time=59.982 msec
64 bytes from 10.97.1.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=252 time=59.981 msec


Expected Results:  Results should be more random

Additional info:
Comment 1 Need Real Name 2002-03-22 23:28:14 UTC 
This is a result of something done to the kernel.  Compiling a vanilla 2.4.7 
kernel from kernel.org results in tcpdump timestamp resolutions of 1us.  
Compiling 2.4.7-10 with an identical configuration (as close as possible)
results in 10ms resolution on tcpdump timestamps.

I suspect somebody has done something shakey to arch/i386/kernel/time.c
Comment 2 Arjan van de Ven 2002-03-25 11:16:42 UTC 
What network driver is this ?
(it works fine here)
Also does this happen with the errata kernel (2.4.9-31) ?
Comment 3 Need Real Name 2002-03-26 18:16:28 UTC 
Upgrading to the 2.4.9-31 kernel fixed the problem.
Thanks
Comment 4 Need Real Name 2002-04-03 23:37:03 UTC 
Since you asked, I got the same behavior (10ms granulatiry under 2.4.7-10) 
with 3c59x (two machines), eepro100 (two machines), and lance (one machine).