Am Montag, den 22.09.2008, 17:28 -0600 schrieb Matt Waddel:
> Hello,
> 
> I've encountered an interesting problem with ping (both
> busybox and the regular ping) on the Coldfire platforms.
> After typing <control c> to end ping the 1st time,
> running ping the 2nd time only lets one packet get
> through.  Ping seems to hang after the first packet.
> 
> So the following sequence:
> 
> # ping 192.168.1.100
> PING 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=10.0 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
> ^C
> --- 192.168.1.100 ping statistics ---
> 7 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 0.0/1.4/10.0 ms
> 
> # ping 192.168.1.100
> PING 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.0 ms
> <<<<< wait a long time where nothing happens >>>>>
> ^C
> 
> --- 192.168.1.100 ping statistics ---
> 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max = 0.0/0.0/0.0 ms
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> If you set a limit to the number of ping packets using the
> command: ping -c 5 <ip addr> everything works fine - every
> time.  (As long as you don't type <control c>.)
> 
> Obviously the <control c> is leaving the ping/icmp system
> in a bad state somewhere.  I'm using the 2.6.26 kernel, but
> I also saw the problem on the 2.6.23 kernel.  Do any other
> platforms have this problem?  Any ideas where to start
> looking?
> 
> TIA,
> Matt

Hi,
it seems that something is wrong with the signal handling in the ping
application. There should be a SIGALRM that triggers the next ping (at
least in the standalone ping). You should try to figure out if SIGALRM
is is working at all after you interrupt the application with ^C.

-Erwin


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