** Description changed:
In some cases, ipconfig can take longer than the user-specified
timeouts, causing unexpected delays.
in main.c, in function loop(), the process can go into
process_timeout_event() (or process_receive_event() ) and if it
encounters an error situation, will set an attempt to "try again later"
at time equal now + 10 seconds by setting
s->expire = now + 10;
-
- This can happen at any time during the main event loop, which can end up
extending the user-specified timeout if "now + 10" is greater than "start_time
+ user-specified-timeout".
+ This can happen at any time during the main event loop, which can end up
+ extending the user-specified timeout if "now + 10" is greater than
+ "start_time + user-specified-timeout".
I believe a patch like the following is needed to avoid this problem:
--- a/usr/kinit/ipconfig/main.c
+++ b/usr/kinit/ipconfig/main.c
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@ static int loop(void)
- if (timeout > s->expire - now.tv_sec)
- timeout = s->expire - now.tv_sec;
+ if (timeout > s->expire - now.tv_sec)
+ timeout = s->expire - now.tv_sec;
+
+ /* Compensate for already-lost time */
+ gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+ if (now.tv_sec + timeout > start + loop_timeout) {
+ timeout = loop_timeout - (now.tv_sec - start);
+ printf("Lowered timeout to match user request
= (%d s) \n", timeout);
+ }
- }
+ }
+
+
+ I believe the current behaviour is buggy. This is confirmed when the
following line is executed:
+
+
+ if (loop_timeout >= 0 &&
+ now.tv_sec - start >= loop_timeout) {
+ printf("IP-Config: no response after %d "
+ "secs - giving up\n", loop_timeout);
+ rc = -1;
+ goto bail;
+ }
+
+
+ 'loop_timeout' is the user-specified time-out. With a value of 2, in case of
error, this line prints:
+
+ IP-Config: no response after 2 secs - giving up
+
+
+ So it thinks that it waited 2 seconds - however, in reality it had actually
waited for 10 seconds.
+
+ The suggested code-change ensures that the timeout that is actually used
+ never exceeds the user-specified timeout.
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ipconfig does not honour user-requested timeouts in some cases
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