Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:33:28 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Don Lewis <dl-freebsd@catspoiler.org> Cc: joe@tao.org.uk, zipzippy@sonic.net, current@freebsd.org, dnelson@allantgroup.com Subject: Re: What to do with witness verbiage (is this new?)? Message-ID: <20020711113327.GA6859@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200207111101.g6BB18wr010380@gw.catspoiler.org> References: <20020711103639.GC2270@genius.tao.org.uk> <200207111101.g6BB18wr010380@gw.catspoiler.org>
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--y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 04:01:08AM -0700, Don Lewis wrote: > On 11 Jul, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:35:46AM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > >>=20 > >> > I tracked it down to tcp_getcred() calling SYSCTL_OUT(), which can > >> > potentially block, before releasing the locks tcp_getcred() is holdi= ng. > >> > This routine is used by the net.inet.tcp.getcred sysctl, and the only > >> > user of that seems to be the builtin ident code in inetd. I'm not > >> > seeing this error because I'm not running inetd on my -current box. > >>=20 > >> I get it whenever cron kicks of a cvsup also. > >>=20 > >=20 > > Oh, and also when postfix sends or recives an email. >=20 > I would expect this if you are running inetd and have its builtin ident > service enabled. When you are sending email and your MTA connects to a > remote MTA, it is quite common for the remote MTA to connect to the > ident port on your host to get more information about the user who > initiated the connection request. Ok, that explains that. > The cvsup server may also be making ident queries. If it is, it is making lots and lots of them, at a rate of around 5 or 10 a second or more when the cvsup is running. That seems excessive. To test it I've just killed inetd and it's still happening - there must be something else tickling this also. Joe --=20 "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert Einstein, 1921 --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj0tbQcACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZcGACfQAXgjG7y0VBlvIRu2Aj3lAor UvoAnjR5SkZUkl6Ym9QGVsFTc0gP9du7 =tyr7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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