LinuxQuestions.org - arp table listing problem

Hi

I made a little soft to create arp entries, check the arp table and destroy each entry.

The arp listing produced is wrong for one entry. This entry exists really (can be deleted one time, another try is wrong).

Exemple:

creating 15 entries
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.5 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.6 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.7 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.8 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.9 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.10 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.11 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.12 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.13 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.14 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.15 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.16 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.17 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.18 eth0 pub
/sbin/arp -Ds 10.1.1.19 eth0 pub
check inputs
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.5 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.6 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.7 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.8 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.9 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.10 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.11 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.12 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.13 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.14 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.15 * * MP eth0
10.1.1.16 (10.1.1.16) -- no entry
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.17 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.18 * * MP eth0
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
10.1.1.19 * * MP eth0
Sleep 3 sec
Delete entries
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.5 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.6 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.7 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.8 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.9 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.10 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.11 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.12 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.13 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.14 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.15 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.16 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.17 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.18 pub
/sbin/arp -i eth0 -d 10.1.1.19 pub

For 15 entries the 12 th entry is wrongly displayed as missing,
For 20 entries the 13th entry is wrongly displayed as missing,
21 -> 14th etc

The code is

Code:

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <unistd.h>

#include <sys/socket.h>

#include <sys/ioctl.h>

#include <netinet/in.h>



#include <net/if_arp.h>

#include <arpa/inet.h>

#include <net/if.h>

#include <string.h>

#include <errno.h>

#include <assert.h>



#if (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 1) || __GLIBC__ > 2



#include <netinet/if_ether.h>

#include <netpacket/packet.h>



#else



#include <linux/if_ether.h>

#include <linux/if_packet.h>



#endif



#define ERROR printf

#define FATAL_ERROR printf

#define DbgRtLib printf

#define EVENTLOG printf

//EVENTLOG, ERROR, FATAL_ERROR









#define NIPQUAD(addr) \

        ((unsigned char *)&addr)[0], \

        ((unsigned char *)&addr)[1], \

        ((unsigned char *)&addr)[2], \

        ((unsigned char *)&addr)[3]





int main(int argc, const char* argv[])

{

int i;

struct in_addr host_addr;

  char cmd[1024];

  u_int32_t msIP,omsIP;

  u_int32_t ip;

  struct sockaddr eth;



//initial values

  omsIP = 0x0A010104;

  int ii = 15;

  char interface[] = "eth0";

//

 

  if (argc == 1) 

  {

    printf("call with arptest count\n");

    return 0;

  }      

  ii = atoi( argv[1]);

  printf ("arp test with the command line arp \n");

  printf(" creating %d entries\n",ii);

  msIP=omsIP;

  for (i = 0; i < ii; i++)

  {

    //proxyarp_add_item(struct in_addr host_addr, char const *interface)

  msIP++;

  ip = htonl(msIP);

//  host_addr.s_addr = ip;

//  printf ("  rt_proxyARPon mss %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ip));

//    proxyarp_add_item(host_addr,interface);

  sprintf(cmd,"/sbin/arp  -Ds  %d.%d.%d.%d %s pub", NIPQUAD(ip),interface);

  printf ("  %s \n",cmd);

  system(cmd);

  }



  printf("check inputs\n");

  msIP=omsIP;

 

  for (i = 0; i<ii; i++)

  { 

  msIP++; 

  ip = htonl(msIP);

 // host_addr.s_addr = ip;

  sprintf(cmd,"/sbin/arp -n -i %s  %d.%d.%d.%d",interface, NIPQUAD(ip));

  system(cmd);

  }



  printf("Sleep 3 sec\n");

  sleep(3);



  printf("Delete entries\n");

  msIP=omsIP;



  for (i = 0; i<ii; i++)

  {

  msIP++;

  ip = htonl(msIP);

  sprintf(cmd,"/sbin/arp  -i %s -d  %d.%d.%d.%d  pub", interface,NIPQUAD(ip));

      printf ("  %s  \n",cmd);

        system(cmd);

        

  }



  printf("\n");

}

Done with kernel 2.6.12 on mdk but reproduced on redhat.

Is there a bug in the linux code?

Thanks for your test on any other distributions

Bye