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Date:      Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:59:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
To:        Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com>
Cc:        Peter Edwards <peter.edwards@isocor.ie>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: inetd: realloc/free bug
Message-ID:  <199812130359.TAA15601@apollo.backplane.com>
References:   <199812130332.TAA23232@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>

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:} :I fixed this in BIND 4.x a few years ago using a pipe to synchronize
:} 
:}     I'm not sure I follow.  close() on a socket descriptor does not block.
:
:In the case of BIND, close() blocks because SO_LINGER is set.  As long
:as nothing run from inetd does this, we're probably OK.  The reason that
:BIND uses SO_LINGER is:

    Ah.  inetd does not use SO_LINGER.  I know very few programs that do.

						-Matt

    Matthew Dillon  Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet 
                    Communications & God knows what else.
    <dillon@backplane.com> (Please include original email in any response)    

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