Re: 2.6.36.2 - loop on read /proc/net/tcp

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Wed Dec 22 2010 - 11:54:21 EST


Le mercredi 22 dÃcembre 2010 Ã 16:43 +0300, Alexey Vlasov a Ãcrit :
> Hi.
>
> Has anyone seen such a bug at 2.6.36.2?
> # netstat -ntl
> Active Internet connections (only servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.2:60608 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:8099 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.5:8099 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.7:8099 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:8100 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.5:8100 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:8101 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.5:8101 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.5:20037 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:8102 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.5:8102 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3399 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:20040 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:38985 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:873 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:20041 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:20042 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.3:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.2:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.5:9099 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:9099 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:20043 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.5:9100 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:9100 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:20044 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.5:33549 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> ...
> First 30 lines are ok
>
> but then go lines repeating in "eternal" loop:
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.2:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.3:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.7:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.2:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.3:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.7:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.2:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.3:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.4:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.7:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 81.176.228.2:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
>
> # cat /proc/net/tcp
> ...
> It can hang an hour or so. but not always actually.

Ouch...

Hmm, yes, I think I can do something about it, thanks for the report



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