Bug 7004 - iproute does not work on RedHat 6.1
Summary: iproute does not work on RedHat 6.1
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael K. Johnson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-11-15 04:13 UTC by mal
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2000-08-21 22:25:11 UTC
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Description mal 1999-11-15 04:13:43 UTC
iproute does not work when
trying to manipulate with rules.

/tmp]# /sbin/ip rule list
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
Dump terminated
/tmp]#
Same thing with any other operations except help
The strace is:

  /tmp]# strace /sbin/ip rule list
execve("/sbin/ip", ["/sbin/ip", "rule", "list"], [/* 32 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x805cfe0
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=21968, ...}) = 0
mmap(0, 21968, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40013000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY)   = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=170564, ...}) = 0
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\"\0"..., 4096)
= 4096
mmap(0, 59900, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40019000
mprotect(0x40024000, 14844, PROT_NONE)  = 0
mmap(0x40024000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3,
0xa000) = 0x40024000
mmap(0x40026000, 6652, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40026000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=4118299, ...}) = 0
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\250\202"..., 4096)
= 4096
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) =
0x40028000
mmap(0, 993500, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40029000
mprotect(0x40114000, 30940, PROT_NONE)  = 0
mmap(0x40114000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3,
0xea000) = 0x40114000
mmap(0x40118000, 14556, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40118000
close(3)                                = 0
mprotect(0x40029000, 962560, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) = 0
mprotect(0x40029000, 962560, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) = 0
munmap(0x40013000, 21968)               = 0
personality(0 /* PER_??? */)            = 0
getpid()                                = 2346
brk(0)                                  = 0x805cfe0
brk(0x805d180)                          = 0x805d180
brk(0x805e000)                          = 0x805e000
socket(0x10 /* PF_??? */, SOCK_RAW, 0)  = 3
bind(3, {sa_family=16, sa_data="\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\260&\1@"}, 12) = 0
getsockname(3, {sa_family=16, sa_data="\20\300*\t\0\0\0\0\0\0\260&\1@"},
[12]) = 0
time(NULL)                              = 942639616
sendto(3, "\24\0\0\0\"\0\1\3\1\212/8\0\0\0\0\2\372\377\277", 20, 0,
{sa_family=16, sa_data="\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\24\0\0\0"}, 12) = 20
socketcall(0x11, 0xbfffda64)            = 36
write(2, "RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argum"..., 36RTNETLINK answers:
Invalid argument
) = 36
write(2, "Dump terminated\n", 16Dump terminated
)       = 16
_exit(1)                                = ?
/tmp]#

Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 2000-08-09 02:45:51 UTC
assigned to nalin

Comment 2 mal 2000-08-09 13:00:31 UTC
As I was told back then
the problem is with RedHat kerner.
It was not compiled with corresponding 
option (CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER)
After recompiling the kernel with this 
option iproute started to work OK.

Comment 3 mal 2000-08-21 14:15:58 UTC
Same problem still with RedHat 7.0 beta

/sbin/ip rule list
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
Dump terminated.

Should CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER be added to kernel options?


Comment 4 Michael K. Johnson 2000-08-21 22:25:06 UTC
davem says yes, added to list of things to do...

Comment 5 Michael K. Johnson 2000-08-22 00:08:17 UTC
OK, in our source tree!  Thanks.


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