On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 12:38:03PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 11:43:38AM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > > hi there, > > > > i have upgraded to 4.2 and because i am frequently without net access > > i see the following: at startup time ntpd just hangs indefinitely > > and must be terminated. > > > > /etc/rc.conf.local: > > ntpd_flags="-s" > > > > /etc/hostname.rl0: > > dhcp NONE NONE NONE > > > > otherwise a stock 4.2 install. > > > > could someone test this before i submit a bug report? > > > > -f > > -- > > so you think you can tell heaven from hell. > > I can reproduce. > > If there's no active network interface, the poll() in main() generates > a POLLOUT event (because there's a request to send out), but > msgbuf_write() returns 0, so the outgoing request stays in the buffer, > causing a loop, because the next poll will generate a POLLOUT event.
This analysis is not completely correct (the send acually succeeds). It seems new requests are stuffed into the buffer or so... > > Are you sure this did not happen before? > > I'll think about a diff. > > -Otto
