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Bug#726676: Bug#729567: Debian bug #726676: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64: TCP packet loss when using proxy ARP IP addresses



On Sat, 2013-11-23 at 16:29 -0800, Andris Kalnozols wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 3.10.11-1
> 
> Please close bug report #726676 as the observed problem had nothing to
> do with proxy-arp.  The correct diagnosis was provided by John Hughes
> who filed bug report #729567.
> 
> When I used ethtool to turn off the "generic-receive-offload" (GRO)"
> network device option, the problem with OpenVPN TCP clients having
> their sessions stall disappeared immediately.  The problem is bypassed
> by having the following statements  at the end of `/etc/network/interfaces':
> 
>   post-up ethtool -K eth0 gro off
>   post-up ethtool -K eth1 gro off
> 
> Since my OpenVPN server runs  on a bastion host, I found that I had to
> disable GRO on both network interfaces to fix the problem.  Also, disabling
> GRO on the OpenVPN server's tunnel devices had no effect in fixing the
> issue.
> 
> Thanks to Mr. Hughes for his diagnostic work and for taking the time
> to notify me.

This is still a bug, even if you can work around it by disabling GRO.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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