ip addr flush dev <device> secondary does not work properly.

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise LInux 6
  • iproute2(includes ip command)

Issue

ip addr flush dev &lt;device&gt; secondary does not work properly.

Even if "ip addr flush secondary" runs, the secondary IP addresses are not deleted.

# ip addr show dev eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
  link/ether 52:54:00:3c:c1:e7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
  inet 10.64.207.128/23 brd 10.64.207.255 scope global eth0
  inet 10.64.207.127/23 scope global secondary eth0
  inet 10.64.207.126/23 scope global secondary eth0

# ip addr flush dev eth0 secondary

# ip addr show dev eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
  link/ether 52:54:00:3c:c1:e7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
  inet 10.64.207.128/23 brd 10.64.207.255 scope global eth0
  inet 10.64.207.127/23 scope global secondary eth0
  inet 10.64.207.126/23 scope global secondary eth0

Resolution

This bug is fixed by iproute-2.6.32-16.el6.

For details, refer to https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011:0757

Root Cause

  • This is a bug : see (Bugzilla 678986)[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678986]. The commit: 3bc1c4f29777171b484d36abf673667e3729202b contains the fix.

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