Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Jun 1998 21:51:27 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Sendmail 8.9.0 claims a Linux kernel bug |
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On 24 Jun 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> >From the Sendmail 8.9.0 Known Bugs List: > > * accept() problem on Linux. > > Apparently, the accept() in sendmail daemon loop can return ETIMEDOUT > and cause sendmail to sleep for 5 seconds during which time no new > connections will be accepted. An error is reported to syslog:
> What is going on here? This is a heavily loaded mail server. Is > this really a Linux kernel bug? >
Apparently. Sendmail() expects to see EWOULDBLOCK even though the socket has not been set to non-blocking. The kernel returns ETIMEDOUT if no resources are presently available. I know what my Sun does under these conditions, but I don't think a kernel crash is the correct response either!
Cheers, Dick Johnson ***** FILE SYSTEM MODIFIED ***** Penguin : Linux version 2.1.105 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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