[leafnode-list] Re: Fetchnews blocks on network read

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Sat May 19 14:57:09 CEST 2007


Tomislav Petrović schrieb am 2007-05-16:

> Tomislav Petrović said on 16.5.2007 15:59:
> > Sometimes I experience fetchnews blocking on read from network.
> > It fetches messages and then blocks until I kill it with SIGTERM.
> > 
> > I have attached both fetchnews log and strace log.
> > 
> > In this particluar run fetchenws was started in 14:35 and i killed
> > it in 15:35 because it was blocked in network read.
> > 
> > Can you verify if blocking reads without timeout are used for
> > reading from network?

Indeed the store* functions do not set alarm timers or other timeouts on
reading.

> > And if they are could it be changed so some timeout is used?

Probably, but it will take some time until I get around to doing that.

Best,

-- 
Matthias Andree



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