From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 12 19:59:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA06980 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:59:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA06975 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:59:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id TAA15601; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:59:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:59:37 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199812130359.TAA15601@apollo.backplane.com> To: Don Lewis Cc: Peter Edwards , Archie Cobbs , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd: realloc/free bug References: <199812130332.TAA23232@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :} :I fixed this in BIND 4.x a few years ago using a pipe to synchronize :} :} I'm not sure I follow. close() on a socket descriptor does not block. : :In the case of BIND, close() blocks because SO_LINGER is set. As long :as nothing run from inetd does this, we're probably OK. The reason that :BIND uses SO_LINGER is: Ah. inetd does not use SO_LINGER. I know very few programs that do. -Matt Matthew Dillon Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet Communications & God knows what else. (Please include original email in any response) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message