Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:56:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Birgmeier <nobody@aslfjasfd.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/52782: user ppp dumps core when doing pppctl "show ipcp" after loss of carrier (using Alcatel speedtouch pppoa2) Message-ID: <200305290956.h4T9ucku001168@gandalf.xyzzy> Resent-Message-ID: <200305291000.h4TA0Vfe094973@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 52782 >Category: bin >Synopsis: user ppp dumps core when doing pppctl "show ipcp" after loss of carrier (using Alcatel speedtouch pppoa2) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu May 29 03:00:31 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Martin Birgmeier >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386 >Organization: MBi at home >Environment: System: FreeBSD gandalf.xyzzy 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Sat Apr 5 13:16:25 CEST 2003 root@gandalf.xyzzy:/d/6s4e/OBJ/FreeBSD/RELENG_4_8_0_RELEASE/src/sys/GANDALF i386 >Description: Scenario: - Using user ppp together with ports/net/pppoa (Alcatel speedtouch) - pppoa sometimes loses carrier, or gets out of sync (actual symptom: no data received any more) - user ppp detects this (via "enable lqr"), shuts down the child pppoa processes, restarts pppoa processes - communication commences - doing 'pppctl "show ipcp"' immediately leads to the user ppp core dumping, with orphan pppoa processes left behing >How-To-Repeat: Follow the scenario described above >Fix: Not known. Suspected that some variable still points at connection data from the old session, after the session has already been restarted. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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