Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:54:14 +0400 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, lev@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Subject: Re: r239356: does it mean, that synchronous dhcp and dhcplcinet with disabled devd gone? Message-ID: <20120822125414.GX98910@zxy.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <201208220843.52847.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20120821095527.GA33206@hell.ukr.net> <201208211725.23381.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120821231630.GF88729@zxy.spb.ru> <201208220843.52847.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 08:43:52AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:16:30 pm Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 05:25:23PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:34:31 am John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:53:08 am Lev Serebryakov wrote: > > > > > Hello, Garrett. > > > > > You wrote 21 августа 2012 г., 15:40:35: > > > > > > > > > > GC>> Try reverting r239356 -- if that works, then please let jhb@ know. > > > > > LS> I'm confused by this commit, because it seems (from comment alone), > > > > > LS> that dhclient will not work without devd anymore (with "synchronous > > > > > LS> dhcp" option in rc.conf). > > > > > LS> Am I right? > > > > > And if I'm right about understanding what this change does, it is > > > > > POLA violation for sure. Both consequences: unable to use dhcclient > > > > > without devd (user will need to restart it by hands after each cable > > > > > unplugging event) and removing IP address from interface on cable > > > > > unplugging or other interface down event but before lease is expired. > > > > > > > > > > If I'm right in understanding this commit, I vote to back it out and > > > > > find better solution, may be, two new options: one to remove IP and > > > > > one to exit on interface down. And default behavior should be OLD > > > > > ONE about IP address in any case and OLD ONE about exit in case when > > > > > dhclient isn't started by devd, but by rc scripts directly. > > > > > > > > Humm. devd is the more common case, and we explicitly don't use devd to start > > > > dhclient on boot even when devd is enabled (so out of the box dhcp would first > > > > be started by rc, but would be restarted by devd). > > > > > > > > Another option is to rework dhclient to work like it does on OpenBSD where it > > > > renews its lease if the link bounces, but to not exit when the link goes down. > > > > That case would fix the currently broken case that you unplug your cable, take > > > > your laptop over to another network (e.g. take it home if suspend/resume > > > > works), then plug it back in and are still stuck with your old IP. > > > > > > Ok, this is what I came up with, somewhat loosely based on OpenBSD's dhclient. > > > I tested that it survives the following: > > > > > > - Unplugging/replugging does not kill an existing ssh session > > > - Using ifconfig down/up does not kill an existing ssh session > > > - Plugging into a different network does cause dhclient to negotiate > > > a new lease on the new network > > > > Assign address on interface manualy cause exiting dhcpclient? > > Hmm, it does. Is that by design? That seems to be the old behavior of the > client from my reading of the code as well. I am don't know, but this is comfortable. It is not desirable lost this behavior.
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