[libvirt-users] RX dropped packets on guests subnets
pichon
patrick at pichon.me
Tue Jan 26 21:00:07 UTC 2016
Hello,
For me it makes sense that the dropped stop when you are using tcpdump as you are indeed takes those packets !
For me the main question, is why such traffic is going to the VM ?
Kind regards
Patrick
> On 26 Jan 2016, at 20:51, Troels Arvin <troels at arvin.dk> wrote:
>
> pichon wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> pichon wrote:
>> On each of my guests VM, I see constantly a RX dropped number increasing
>> , Even if the VM does nothing !
>
> I'm seeing the same phenomenon on one of our LANs (on another LAN, I
> don't see it). My setup is with RHEL 7, and it is seen on both physical
> and virtual servers. I don't see it on any RHEL 5 or 6 servers.
>
> A strange observation: If I start tcpdump, the package drops stop.
> (Setting the NIC in promisc mode does not have any impact; it has to be
> tcpdump.)
>
> I suspect that it has to do with this:
> https://www.netiq.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7007165
> If this is the case, it's simply because recent kernels classify packets,
> and then there's nothing to worry about.
>
> - But Red Hat Support does not share that view. I have an open case with
> Red Hat Support about it; lots of stuff has been tried, but we have yet
> to reach a conclusion.
>
> --
> Troels
>
>
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