On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:34:08PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Carl Fredrik Hammar, le Tue 29 Dec 2009 23:29:35 +0100, a écrit : > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:55:41PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Carl Fredrik Hammar, le Tue 29 Dec 2009 22:48:26 +0100, a écrit : > > > > It's still a mystery to me why ext2fs gets an EINTR without auth > > > > explicitly returning EINTR... > > > > > > AIUI, the RPC gets aborted and ext2fs receives MACH_RCV_PORT_DIED, which > > > _hurd_intr_rpc_mach_msg turns into EINTR. > > > > Wait, isn't the receive port in this case the auth port? This could > > be bad... > > Oops, I meant MACH_RCV_TIMED_OUT above.
Phew! :-) This might make sense if auth's reply is interrupted. It is still a bit surprising though, considering that auth_server_authenticate does not set a timeout. > > > BTW, reproducing the bug is really easy: > > > > > > while sudo date ; do : ; done > > > > OK, I can use that for the client side. I don't really have a setup > > for testing the auth server though. Do you use a sub-Hurd or something? > > I've never managed to find time to set up a sub-hurd, so I just debug > with writes on the console :) Ah, that's a classic technique. But how do you replace the auth server? Do you install a modified one and just reboot? Seems kinda risky. Regards, Fredrik
