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Mass ARP causes snmpd shows "ERR snmpd[34]: Error allocating more space for arpcache. Cache will continue to be limited to 4096 entries" #1874

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@jeromesun14

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Mass ARP causes snmpd shows "ERR snmpd[34]: Error allocating more space for arpcache. Cache will continue to be limited to 4096 entries"

Steps to reproduce the issue:

Not reproduce everytime due to realloc mechanism.

  1. Configure your system to support 4K+ ARP
  2. Configure a L3 interface
  3. Send 4K+ ARP to that L3 interface.

It's a known bug net-snmp bug 2678. And net-snmp has fix it (link).

Describe the results you received:

Get syslog ERR snmpd[34]: Error allocating more space for arpcache. Cache will continue to be limited to 4096 entries"

Describe the results you expected:

Do not show such error.

Additional information you deem important (e.g. issue happens only occasionally):

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