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nbd package

Backport fix from Debian 1:2.8.3-2 for accept() error

Bug #49839 reported by Adriaan Peeters
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nbd (Debian)
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nbd (Ubuntu)
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Daniel T Chen

Bug Description

This fixes an important bug that fills the syslog:

Jan 28 14:42:27 caradoc nbd_server[14840]: accept: Socket operation on non-socket
Jan 28 14:42:58 caradoc last message repeated 1190456 times

Adriaan Peeters (apeeters)
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status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Changed in nbd:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Suitable for dapper-updates imo. Attaching debdiff.

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assignee: nobody → crimsun
importance: Untriaged → High
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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote : debdiff against current nbd in dapper/main

Grab one-liner from Debian's 1:2.8.3-2 to fix the case where the server socket has been closed for the child, upon which the child spins accept()ing, leading to an infinite loop resulting in logfiles exploding in size (see Debian: #350357).

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Daniel Musketa (daniel-musketa) wrote :

When will the fix be available in dapper-updates?

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
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status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

fixed to edgy which has a newer version

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status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

if that should be fixed to dapper-updates feel free to open a backport task for it

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