Bug ID 601893: TMM crash in bwc_ctb_instance_recharge because of pkts_avg_size is zero.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1

Fixed In:
13.0.0, 12.1.2, 11.5.9

Opened: Jun 28, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K89212666

Symptoms

Tmm cores. There might be messages similar to the following notice in /var/log/ltm just before the crash: notice BWC: instance already exist. This is an extremely rarely occurring issue.

Impact

Traffic disrupted while tmm restarts.

Conditions

This extremely rare issue occurs when the following conditions are met: Dynamic BWC use with dynamic change in rate for each instance.

Workaround

Do not use dynamic modification of rates for dynamic policies.

Fix Information

You can now successfully use dynamic modification of rates for dynamic policies.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips