Bug ID 479888: BCM debug logging cannot be turned off once enabled

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
10.2.4, 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2

Fixed In:
12.0.0

Opened: Sep 17, 2014

Severity: 5-Cosmetic

Related Article: K51292925

Symptoms

Log messages continue to appear after being disabled.

Impact

Unexpected log messages. The volume of logs from bcm56xxd debug can be overwhelming, and being unable to stop them risks filling the filesystem where they are logged.

Conditions

This occurs when the BCM daemon loglevel is increased to debug and a non-zero mask is set.

Workaround

Restart bcm56xxd daemon. Note: Restarting this daemon affects traffic.

Fix Information

BCM daemon debug mask can now be cleared.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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