Author: markj
Date: Wed May  8 16:07:43 2019
New Revision: 347353
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/347353

Log:
  MFC r346960:
  Retry upon NET_RT_IFLIST sysctl failure.
  
  PR:   195191

Modified:
  stable/11/usr.sbin/rtadvd/if.c
Directory Properties:
  stable/11/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/11/usr.sbin/rtadvd/if.c
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/usr.sbin/rtadvd/if.c      Wed May  8 16:07:01 2019        
(r347352)
+++ stable/11/usr.sbin/rtadvd/if.c      Wed May  8 16:07:43 2019        
(r347353)
@@ -406,6 +406,8 @@ update_ifinfo_nd_flags(struct ifinfo *ifi)
        return (0);
 }
 
+#define MAX_SYSCTL_TRY 5
+
 struct ifinfo *
 update_ifinfo(struct ifilist_head_t *ifi_head, int ifindex)
 {
@@ -417,26 +419,43 @@ update_ifinfo(struct ifilist_head_t *ifi_head, int ifi
        size_t len;
        char *lim;
        int mib[] = { CTL_NET, PF_ROUTE, 0, AF_INET6, NET_RT_IFLIST, 0 };
-       int error;
+       int error, ntry;
 
        syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "<%s> enter", __func__);
 
-       if (sysctl(mib, sizeof(mib)/sizeof(mib[0]), NULL, &len, NULL, 0) <
-           0) {
-               syslog(LOG_ERR,
-                   "<%s> sysctl: NET_RT_IFLIST size get failed", __func__);
-               exit(1);
-       }
-       if ((msg = malloc(len)) == NULL) {
-               syslog(LOG_ERR, "<%s> malloc failed", __func__);
-               exit(1);
-       }
-       if (sysctl(mib, sizeof(mib)/sizeof(mib[0]), msg, &len, NULL, 0) <
-           0) {
-               syslog(LOG_ERR,
-                   "<%s> sysctl: NET_RT_IFLIST get failed", __func__);
-               exit(1);
-       }
+       ntry = 0;
+       do {
+               /*
+                * We'll try to get addresses several times in case that
+                * the number of addresses is unexpectedly increased during
+                * the two sysctl calls.  This should rarely happen.
+                * Portability note: since FreeBSD does not add margin of
+                * memory at the first sysctl, the possibility of failure on
+                * the second sysctl call is a bit higher.
+                */
+
+               if (sysctl(mib, nitems(mib), NULL, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
+                       syslog(LOG_ERR,
+                           "<%s> sysctl: NET_RT_IFLIST size get failed",
+                           __func__);
+                       exit(1);
+               }
+               if ((msg = malloc(len)) == NULL) {
+                       syslog(LOG_ERR, "<%s> malloc failed", __func__);
+                       exit(1);
+               }
+               if (sysctl(mib, nitems(mib), msg, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
+                       if (errno != ENOMEM || ++ntry >= MAX_SYSCTL_TRY) {
+                               free(msg);
+                               syslog(LOG_ERR,
+                                   "<%s> sysctl: NET_RT_IFLIST get failed",
+                                   __func__);
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+                       free(msg);
+                       msg = NULL;
+               }
+       } while (msg == NULL);
 
        lim = msg + len;
        for (ifm = (struct if_msghdr *)msg;
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