Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Bug 420] New: Divide by zero (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/DEV/base_reachable_time) | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 28 Feb 2003 19:31:31 +0100 |
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"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com> writes: > > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/DEV/base_reachable_time > > But neigh_rand_reach_time() divide by its argument. > > unsigned long neigh_rand_reach_time(unsigned long base) > { > return (net_random() % base) + (base>>1); > }
Don't do that then. The sysctl is root-only. There are lots of ways to break the system by writing bogus values into root only configuration options. That is why they are root only
I would close the report as WONTFIX.
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