Hi Raimund,
Comments embedded below...
PAULUS, Raimund, TI-ABN wrote:
Hello Mark,
in my earlier tests the lib and header files for tirpc was still there from the
Cygwin-installation. I think, this could influence the results of the tests.
Therefore i removed these files. From now on i used only the downloaded files
from sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/libtirpc/files/libtirpc/). I
tested libtirpc-0.3.2, libtirpc-1.0.1 and libtirpc-1.0.2. The results for all
releases are the same.
I needed the following sources:
auth_none.c, auth_unix.c, authunix_prot.c, bindresvport.c, clnt_bcast.c,
clnt_dg.c, clnt_generic.c, clnt_perror.c, clnt_vc.c, debug.c, getnetconfig.c,
getnetpath.c, mt_misc.c, rpc_callmsg.c, rpc_commondata.c, rpc_generic.c,
rpc_prot.c, rpcb_clnt.c, rpcb_prot.c, xdr.c, xdr_array.c, xdr_float.c,
xdr_reference.c, xdr_rec.c, xdr_mem.c
I had to change the following (already mentioned earlier):
clnt_bcast.c
(because POLLRDNORM, POLLRDBAND are already defined in /usr/include/sys/poll.h)
:
--> #ifndef POLLRDNORM
# define POLLRDNORM 0x040 /* Normal data may be read. */
# define POLLRDBAND 0x080 /* Priority data may be read. */
--> #endif
Not only does /usr/include/sys/poll.h already define them, they're defined with
different values. Could be a red flag or a red herring; don't know yet.
xdr.h (typedefs where missed):
#include <rpc/types.h>
--> typedef __uint64_t u_quad_t;
--> typedef __int64_t quad_t;
My compile-flags: -D_GNU_SOURCE -D__GLIBC__ -D__linux__
Just so I understand more fully: you are compiling with those options on Cygwin?
If i build my test program with the sources above, the behavior is the same as
with the Cygwin-libtirpc: the first RPC-connection is ok, the next call to
clnt_create() delivers the error EADDRINUSE.
The test program on a Linux-box works perfectly. With "netstat -n" you can see
each connection from the client to the server creates a new pair of ports. On the
server-side the pair is always the same (ports 111, 907). On the client-side however the
ports differ from one connection to the other. When the connections are closed the ports
remain in state TIME_WAIT. After a while they disappear.
If the RPC-client (Cygwin) is running on a Windows-box, "netstat -n" shows the
pair of ports for the first connection. The next connection attempt (clnt_create())
delivers: EADDRINUSE.
In the sources you can see the following:
clnt_create() calls the function bindresvport_sa() (in bindresvport.c). Here
the port for the connection is determined:
if (port == 0) {
port = (getpid() % NPORTS) + STARTPORT;
}
The idea there is to use a different port on each run of the program. If you're
looping around and reaching that code again with port==0, then yes you'll get
the same port number each time because getpid() is not changing.
and the socket is bound to the port:
res = bind(sd, sa, salen);
If this part is executed multiple times (loop) the port is always the same. The
function bind() doesn't deliver an error (res = 0, maybe bind() doesn't work
correctly?). Therefore the error is not detected until the call of connect()
in function clnt_vc_create() (in clnt_vc.c). But here you can not correct the
port.
I tried the following:
The call of setsockopt(., SO_REUSEADDR, .) before bind() doesn't change
anything. The error still occurs.
I found 2 approaches to avoid the error:
1. Before the call to bind() set the port to 0 (port = 0). The following bind()
searches an unused port.
2. Set the port to 0 (port = 0). Do not call bind(). Later the call to
connect() searches an unused port.
I tested the two methods and the behavior was the same as the Linux-client. It
obviously works correctly. But i'm not a network specialist and i don't know,
if it's the best solution for the problem.
Subsequently I downloaded the Cygwin-sources for libtirpc-0.3.2 and
libtirpc-1.0.1. And here again, with the changes mentioned in the two
approaches the RPC-connection works perfectly. The only difference her is: a
connection does not create a pair of ports but only a single port (netstat -n).
I must compliment you; you are being very specific and detailed about what
you're doing on the client end of the RPC connection. But as I said in my last
email, I don't know specifics about RPC implementation; I sort of know generally
what RPC can do.
I don't know enough to set up an RPC test bed to try your client program
locally. *Unless* it's sufficient to run your client program and aim at the
local machine even though it has no RPC server listening. If that would
demonstrate your issue, let me know and I'll have another look. Otherwise, I
would need to set up an RPC server on my Cygwin machine. If you've done that on
your Cygwin machine, what are the steps? I think I can follow Unix-style
instructions but will have to allow for Windows Firewall so if you've done this
already on Cygwin your procedure would help a lot.
Thanks,
..mark
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