Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS
Known Affected Versions:
13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3
Fixed In:
14.0.0, 13.1.0.4, 13.0.1
Opened: Oct 20, 2017 Severity: 3-Major
You can create dynamic statistics using the istats command and iStats directive in iRules. The maximum length of the line (the sum of all columns) is 4032 bytes. If the user attempts to create an iStat whose column sizes when summed exceed this value then there will be errors in the ltm and logs, and the statistic will not be incremented or merged. Log messages appear similar to the following: -- notice 4: tmstat_row_alloc(1520): tmstat segment blade/tmm0 appears to be damaged at 0x42e2d50. -- err tmm[21822]: 01220001:3: TCL error: /Common/istat_it <HTTP_REQUEST> - Error: tmstat_row_alloc(1520): tmstat segment blade/tmm0 appears to be damaged (line 1) invoked from within "ISTATS::incr "ltm.virtual [virtual name] counter $host-$path" 1".
Statistics corruption or merge errors occur. The statistic is not maintained. This is a system limit. An iStat should not be created such that its record length exceeds the 4032-byte limit.
An iStat is created or modified such that the sum of the column widths is greater than 4032 bytes.
This is a system limit. An istat should not be created such that it's record length exceeds the limit.
Line length enforcement was added and an error log is output when the length is exceeded. Now, when the limit is reached, there are no corruption or merge errors. The system posts messages similar to the following in the tmm log file: -- notice iStat for table 'ltm_virtual' column 'www_qqwabc3584' cannot be added as row size '4040' is too long at 0x46dcd90 To avoid errors like this, do not add columns to iStats in iRule directives.