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Re: [PATCH v3] daemon: correctly handle soft accept() errors in service_loop

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 30, 2025, 09:00 UTC
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Hi Carlo
This looks good
Thanks
Phillip
On 28/06/2025 00:14, Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón wrote:
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> Since df076bdbcc ([PATCH] GIT: Listen on IPv6 as well, if available.,
> 2005-07-23), the original error checking was included in an inner loop
> unchanged, where its effect was different.
> 
> Instead of retrying, after a EINTR during accept() in the listening
> socket, it will advance to the next one and try with that instead,
> leaving the client waiting for another round.
> 
> Make sure to retry with the same listener socket that failed originally.
> 
> To avoid an unlikely busy loop, fallback to the old behaviour after a
> couple of attempts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
> ---
>   daemon.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
> index d1be61fd57..9ac9efa17c 100644
> --- a/daemon.c
> +++ b/daemon.c
> @@ -1153,11 +1153,19 @@ static int service_loop(struct socketlist *socklist)
>   #endif
>   				} ss;
>   				socklen_t sslen = sizeof(ss);
> -				int incoming = accept(pfd[i].fd, &ss.sa, &sslen);
> +				int incoming;
> +				int retry = 3;
> +
> +			redo:
> +				incoming = accept(pfd[i].fd, &ss.sa, &sslen);
>   				if (incoming < 0) {
>   					switch (errno) {
> -					case EAGAIN:
>   					case EINTR:
> +						if (--retry)
> +							goto redo;
> +
> +						/* fallthrough */
> +					case EAGAIN:
>   					case ECONNABORTED:
>   						continue;
>   					default:
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  1. daemon: correctly handle soft accept() errorsCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Jun 26, 2025
  2. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJun 26, 2025
  3. daemon: correctly handle soft accept() errors in service_loopCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Jun 26, 2025
  4. Phillip WoodJun 27, 2025
  5. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónJun 27, 2025
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2025
  7. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónJun 27, 2025
  8. Hridoy AhmedJun 27, 2025
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2025
  10. Phillip WoodJun 30, 2025
  11. daemon: correctly handle soft accept() errors in service_loopCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Jun 27, 2025
  12. Phillip WoodJun 30, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2025
  14. Phillip WoodJul 1, 2025

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