Re: irc/ircd loopback problem with (scary) fix.
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Sat, 16 Mar 1996 14:10:43 +0100
In linux.dev.kernel, article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960315020413.337A-100000@pa=
nasync.canuck.ca>,
Colten Edwards <edwards@panasync.canuck.ca> writes:
> >=20
> This is much apprectiated. The actual problem looks like it's with th=
e=20
> setup of the SO_RCVBUF code. In other works I narrowed it down into=20
> removing the following piece of code from s_bsd.c in ircd source.
> opt =3D 8192;
> if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &opt, sizeof(opt)) =
< 0)
> report_error("setsockopt(SO_RCVBUF) %s:%s", cptr);
>=20
> As soon as I removed this piece of code from ircd inet sockets starte=
d=20
> working again. Looks like SO_SNDBUF works though as it set directly b=
elow=20
> this piece of code.
Hmmm... recently, the MTU for the loopback socket was reduced...
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