Mailing List Archive: rpd crash

rpd crash

Nov 19, 2002, 9:27 PM

Post #1 of 5 (2750 views)

Ok so, I have been asked to pass this little problem along from a friend
with an M10 and no support contract.

It seems every 2 minutes or so, rpd crashes with the following assertion:

rpd[737]: RPD_ASSERT: Assertion failed rpd[737]: file
"../../../../../src/juniper/usr.sbin/rpd/bgp/bgp_rt.c", line 3620:
"!bgpg_all_sync(bgp)"

The temporary fix is to disable BGP peers which send full transit feeds
(not accepting the routes doesn't help, the sessions have to be completely
disabled). It originally started when someone *cough* pulled a PIC without
halting it properly, but it has persisted across reboots, power-offs,
reseats, etc. I thought I had managed to clear it a couple months ago, by
disabling BGP for a few minutes and then reenabling, but after a reboot it
seems to have come back.

My guess is that there is a ghost interface still being looked at (though
why the BGP code would be checking interfaces is beyond me), so if anyone
has any suggestions on how to clear that sucker out I'm all ears.
Otherwise, maybe someone with access to the source could tell me more
precisely what is causing that crash.

Thanks.

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jesper at skriver

Nov 20, 2002, 1:36 AM

Post #2 of 5 (2699 views)

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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:27:10AM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> Ok so, I have been asked to pass this little problem along from a friend
> with an M10 and no support contract.
>
> It seems every 2 minutes or so, rpd crashes with the following assertion:
>
> rpd[737]: RPD_ASSERT: Assertion failed rpd[737]: file
> "../../../../../src/juniper/usr.sbin/rpd/bgp/bgp_rt.c", line 3620:
> "!bgpg_all_sync(bgp)"

Which JunOS version ?

We saw something similar on 5.4R2 - upgrading to 5.4R3 fixed it.

/Jesper

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Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk - CCIE #5456

One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them,
One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them.

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josefb at juniper

Nov 20, 2002, 3:01 AM

Post #3 of 5 (2732 views)

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At 06:27 AM 11/20/2002, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
>Ok so, I have been asked to pass this little problem along from a friend
>with an M10 and no support contract.

better your friend has a support contract ;-)

>It seems every 2 minutes or so, rpd crashes with the following assertion:

please pass the following information onto the support alias.

show chassis hardware
show version
show configuration
file list detail /var/tmp

Look at the following directory /var/tmp
and there will be a core file rpd.core.x

Please upload this file/files to ftp.juniper.net/pub/incoming/
and add the case# to this file which you get
when you send all this information to support@juniper.net

thank you
Josef

>rpd[737]: RPD_ASSERT: Assertion failed rpd[737]: file
>"../../../../../src/juniper/usr.sbin/rpd/bgp/bgp_rt.c", line 3620:
>"!bgpg_all_sync(bgp)"
>
>The temporary fix is to disable BGP peers which send full transit feeds
>(not accepting the routes doesn't help, the sessions have to be completely
>disabled). It originally started when someone *cough* pulled a PIC without
>halting it properly, but it has persisted across reboots, power-offs,
>reseats, etc. I thought I had managed to clear it a couple months ago, by
>disabling BGP for a few minutes and then reenabling, but after a reboot it
>seems to have come back.
>
>My guess is that there is a ghost interface still being looked at (though
>why the BGP code would be checking interfaces is beyond me), so if anyone
>has any suggestions on how to clear that sucker out I'm all ears.
>Otherwise, maybe someone with access to the source could tell me more
>precisely what is causing that crash.
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras
>GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)
>_______________________________________________
>juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net
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ras at e-gerbil

Nov 20, 2002, 8:55 AM

Post #4 of 5 (2692 views)

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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:36:27AM +0100, Jesper Skriver wrote:
>
> Which JunOS version ?
>
> We saw something similar on 5.4R2 - upgrading to 5.4R3 fixed it.

Was running 5.4 initially, it's currently at 5.5R1.2 with no change.

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jesper at skriver

Nov 20, 2002, 9:08 AM

Post #5 of 5 (2693 views)

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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:55:03AM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:36:27AM +0100, Jesper Skriver wrote:
>
> > Which JunOS version ?
> >
> > We saw something similar on 5.4R2 - upgrading to 5.4R3 fixed it.
>
> Was running 5.4 initially, it's currently at 5.5R1.2 with no change.

Which 5.4 release ?

In general, if you want stability go for at patch release, like with any
other software product.

So the lastest 5.3 or 5.4 release ... unless you need feature, which is
only in 5.5

/Jesper

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Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk - CCIE #5456

One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them,
One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them.