linux-kernel - RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] neighbour: guarantee the localhost connections be established successfully even the ARP table is full

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:36:00 +0000
From: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@...vell.com>
To: James Lee <lizheng043@...il.com>
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Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] neighbour: guarantee the localhost
 connections be established successfully even the ARP table is full

> From: James Lee <lizheng043@...il.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2024 2:09 PM
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] neighbour: guarantee the localhost
> connections be established successfully even the ARP table is full
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> loopback neigh is a special device in the neighbour system which is used by all
> local communications and state is NUD_NOARP.
> Any setting value of gc_thresh3 might encounter arp table be full, manually
> increasing gc_thresh3 can resolve this issue for every time, but we hope this
> issue automatically be resolved in Linux kernel for all local communications
> whenever ARP table is full, rather than manually operation as a workaround.

Issue is , these are dynamic entries which cannot be removed by gc.  And there is no
Threshold applicable on it.  I feel like, this may be exploited.