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    Subject2.2.x kernels missend odd-sized ICMP packets
    I've noticed something exceedingly strange. 2.2.x kernels all seem to send
    out odd sized ICMP packets improperly.

    root@kite:/home/joey/prog>ping -qs 11 localhost
    PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 11 data bytes

    --- localhost ping statistics ---
    26 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

    Compare to:

    root@kite:/home/joey/prog>ping -qs 10 localhost
    PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 10 data bytes

    --- localhost ping statistics ---
    5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss

    Or to:

    root@kite:/home/joey/prog>ping -qs 12 localhost
    PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 12 data bytes

    --- localhost ping statistics ---
    5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss

    I wrote a quick test program:

    #!/usr/bin/perl
    for $c (1..1000) {
    $p=ping -c 1 -s $c $ARGV[0];
    ($n)=$p=~m/ (\d+)% packet loss/;
    print "packet size $c: $n% loss\n";
    }

    The results look like this:

    packet size 1: 0% loss
    packet size 2: 0% loss
    packet size 3: 0% loss
    packet size 4: 0% loss
    packet size 5: 0% loss
    packet size 6: 0% loss
    packet size 7: 0% loss
    packet size 8: 0% loss
    packet size 9: 0% loss
    packet size 10: 0% loss
    packet size 11: 100% loss
    packet size 12: 0% loss
    packet size 13: 100% loss
    packet size 14: 0% loss
    packet size 15: 100% loss
    packet size 16: 0% loss
    packet size 17: 100% loss
    packet size 18: 0% loss
    packet size 19: 100% loss
    packet size 20: 0% loss
    packet size 21: 100% loss
    packet size 22: 0% loss
    packet size 23: 100% loss
    packet size 24: 0% loss
    packet size 25: 100% loss
    packet size 26: 0% loss
    packet size 27: 100% loss
    packet size 28: 0% loss
    packet size 29: 100% loss
    packet size 30: 0% loss

    This isn't limited to pinging localhost. In fact, it doesn't seem to matter
    where I ping to, I see the same pattern of packet losses. Some friends tried
    it with other kernel versions than the 2.2.5 I am using. Everything in the
    2.2.x series seems to have the problem. 2.2.0-pre6 seems fine.

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    see shy jo

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