netdev - Re: Uncreachable default lo route in table 0

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Message-ID: <f98eece12ed4e88dc7db17a120134f0d@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:15:48 +0530
From:	ashwanth@...eaurora.org
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"eric.dumazet@...il.com" <roszenrami@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Uncreachable default lo route in table 0

On 2016-07-28 13:31, ashwanth@...eaurora.org wrote:
> On an Android device(using 3.18 kernel version) we see multiple
> entries as the following added to the route table 0(unspec) by kernel.
> We noticed that this typically happens when we toggle WIFI repeatedly.
> The problem we see is that under such stress test, the table 0 gets
> filled with these entries(4096) and after that no further routes can
> get added leading to unstability.
> 
> unreachable default dev lo table 0 proto kernel metric 4294967295 error 
> -101
> 
> Can you please let us know why does this route get added for lo device
> and when is this supposed to be flushed out?
> 
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> Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
> The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum,
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can someone help us with this query?