Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:59:37 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> Cc: Peter Edwards <peter.edwards@isocor.ie>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd: realloc/free bug Message-ID: <199812130359.TAA15601@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199812130332.TAA23232@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>
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:} :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.
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