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juan_salinas_47
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Jul 09, 2010

issue with global variable in a simple irule

hi, first of all, excuse my english. i've implemented this simple irule: 


when RULE_INIT {
  set test 1  
}
when CACHE_REQUEST timing on {
 set httppath [string tolower [HTTP::path]]
  log local0. "mycache $httppath" 
 if { $httppath ends_with ".jpg" } {
  set TTL 240
 }
 elseif { $httppath ends_with ".swf" } {
set TTL 660 
 }
 else {
 este valor debe ser menor o igual que el maximum age de el profile de cache 
set TTL 3610
 }

 if { [CACHE::age] > $TTL } {
    CACHE::expire
if { $TTL == 3610 } {
log "mycache ttl $TTL expired $httppath "
}
  } 
}
the issue appears when i uncomment the line "set test 1" in the RULE_INIT event. I get a lot of this messages in ltm logs 

Jul  9 15:09:36 local/ASM1 err mcpd[4473]: 01020066:3: The requested rule (cachesetup) already exists in partition Common.
Jul  9 15:10:28 local/tmm warning tmm[5951]: 011e0002:4: sweeper_update: aggressive mode activated. (376549/442880 pages)
Jul  9 15:10:47 local/tmm warning tmm[5951]: 011e0001:4: Limiting open port RST response from 251 to 250 packets/sec
.......
Jul  9 15:11:36 local/tmm1 warning tmm1[5952]: 011e0002:4: sweeper_update: aggressive mode activated. (376732/442880 pages)
Jul  9 15:11:44 local/tmm1 notice tmm1[5952]: 01010029:5: Clock advanced by 171 ticks
Jul  9 15:11:44 local/tmm1 warning tmm1[5952]: 011e0002:4: sweeper_update: aggressive mode deactivated. (361861/442880 pages)
Jul  9 15:11:51 local/tmm1 warning tmm1[5952]: 011e0002:4: sweeper_update: aggressive mode activated. (379372/442880 pages)
Jul  9 15:16:14 local/ASM1 err bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0010:3: Failover event detected.  Marking external interfaces down. bsx.c(3276)
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.1 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.2 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.3 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.4 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.5 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.6 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.7 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.11 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:15 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0015:6: Link: 1.12 is DOWN
Jul  9 15:16:25 local/ASM1 info bcm56xxd[4498]: 012c0012:6: Connected to failover service.
when i disable the line "set test 1" the messages stop and the vserver and pool back to UP state.

the LTM software version is 10.2.0.1707.0

any ideas about this?

thanks
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  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Jul 12, 2010
    If the only change you're making is to declare a global variable in RULE_INIT and TMM crashes, I think you've found a bug. I'd suggest opening a case with F5 Support.

     

     

    For 10.x, if you want to maintain CMP compatibility, and you're wanting to use a variable that doesn't change and is accessible across all connections you can use 'set static::test 1' instead. See the CMP wiki page for details:

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iRules/cmpcompatibility

     

     

    Aaron
  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Jul 12, 2010
    When you get an answer, would you mind posting the response here for future reference?

     

     

    Thanks, Aaron