Subject: kern/35228: ath and tcpdump don't mix
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/10/2006 22:45:00
>Number: 35228
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: ath and tcpdump don't mix
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 10 22:45:00 +0000 2006
>Originator: Perry E. Metzger
>Release: NetBSD 4.99.3
>Organization:
Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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>Environment:
System: NetBSD hackworth 4.99.3 NetBSD 4.99.3 (HACKWORTH) #0: Fri Oct 27 14:05:48 EDT 2006 perry@hackworth:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/HACKWORTH i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
If you do a tcpdump on an ath interface, it quits receiving packets
from the rest of the world, though it doesn't show any apparent
problems if you ifconfig the interface in another window. I suspect
this is a promiscuous mode problem rather than a bpf problem, but I
haven't looked into the details. The interface fails to get back to
normal until you down and up the interface again.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try doing tcpdump on an ath device, say:
tcpdump -n -i ath0 host foo
Then watch as the tcpdump shows packets you send, but no others. Then
notice that all your connections are dead. Then kill the tcpdump --
you will need up and down the ath interface and wait some moments to
get connectivity again.
>Fix:
>Unformatted: