On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:56:55 +0200 Niels wrote:
NB> The server in question has only 8 active network interfaces, but 
NB> experimentations with network setup (subinterfaces, vlans) makes the 
NB> ifindex grow when interfaces are removed and re-created

Which OS?

NB> [...]  I think 
NB> that we maybe also should do something to reuse ifindex values if a 
NB> network interface to deleted and later recreated, which I don't think 
NB> the kernel will do.

I think we should keep in sync with the kernel.

NB> Does this warrant a fix for all the current pre and rc releases?

We should certainly fix the crash.. Unless we have a better work around, I'd
suggest we just ignore values > 256 and use LOG_ONCE to log a warning.

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