[nzlug] Virtualization + ethernet/ping issues.

[Michael Hutchinson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nzlug-bounces at linux.net.nz [mailto:nzlug-bounces at linux.net.nz]
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> Behalf Of Greg Fawcett
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2008 2:17 p.m.
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> Subject: Re: [nzlug] Virtualization + ethernet/ping issues.
> 
> Interesting - EAGAIN is not a serious error in itself, in that it
> indicates
> that recvmsg() was called but no data was available. However, usually
you
> would only call recvmsg() when signalled, so this suggests that VMWare
(I
> have absolutely no knowledge of VMWare, but I assume it abstracts the
> hardware) received a message, raised a signal and then had no data to
> provide when recvmsg() arrived. Maybe one of the other VMWare
processes
> grabbed it instead?
> 
> Greg Fawcett

Ahh, this is entirely possible I suppose. I will have to run some packet
sniffing or something on the other guests on that host to see what's
happening in that respect. Then again, trapping that data going to
another process could be a nightmare, especially if there is nothing
setup to receive the data.

Thank you, though, I have a new place to start digging around for
answers.

Cheers,
Mike