Bug 136109

Summary: lftp-3.0.6-2 spins in a tight loop
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Charles R. Anderson <cra>
Component: lftpAssignee: Jason Vas Dias <jvdias>
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Version: rawhideCC: davej, harald, jmoyer, mpeters
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.9-1.637 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Charles R. Anderson 2004-10-17 22:44:17 UTC 
Description of problem:

lftp doesn't work--it spins in a tight loop, moving the cursor back
and forth, never giving a prompt, regardless of command line options
provided.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

3.0.6-2

How reproducible:

sometimes, on two different systems

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  run "lftp"
2.  watch cursor move from column 1 to 3 and back again
3.  ctrl-c to quit
  
Additional info:

See attached strace.
Comment 1 Charles R. Anderson 2004-10-17 22:45:09 UTC 
Created attachment 105357 [details]
strace lftp output
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2004-10-18 03:17:59 UTC 
This is due to the O_NONBLOCK changes in kernel-2.6.8-1.624
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2004-10-18 04:12:30 UTC 
*** Bug 136126 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Jason Vas Dias 2004-10-18 16:21:20 UTC 
 Just rebuilding the src.rpm fixes this problem .
 The lftp package had not been rebuilt since August 16th, and there
 had been alot of glibc changes since then.
 I've now rebuilt lftp and submitted it to FC3 as lftp-3.0.6-3 - I 
 can't reproduce the problem with this version.
Comment 5 Jeff Moyer 2004-10-18 16:25:53 UTC 
I think the key is the kernel version, as Bill mentioned.  Dave backed
out the O_NONBLOCK patch, and that should be what fixed the problem.
Comment 6 Jason Vas Dias 2004-10-18 16:33:40 UTC 
 testing with rawhide-latest of today (10-18-2004), kernel-2.6.8-1.624,
 glibc-2.3.3-68, installing the rawhide lftp RPM causes this problem
 to be 100% reproducible. Just rebuilding the src.rpm and installing
 the rebuilt packages makes this problem 100% unreproducible. I can't
 see how it can be a kernel problem - I think the package just needed
 rebuilding against the new glibc & /usr/include headers, which have
 changed since August 16th 2004, when the current rawhide lftp-3.0.6-2 
 package was built.
Comment 7 Jeff Moyer 2004-10-18 16:35:24 UTC 
Well, I can't argue with that!
Comment 8 Jason Vas Dias 2004-10-18 17:21:32 UTC 
 This is very weird - perhaps it is a kernel issue after all:
  1. I rebuild and install the lftp packages - problem disappears.
  2. I reboot - problem reappears.
 Rebuilding and installing then immediately fixes the problem;
 reboot and it starts happening again.
 I'll retest when the O_NONBLOCK patch is backed out.
Comment 9 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-19 09:42:22 UTC 
*** Bug 136299 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Harald Hoyer 2004-10-19 10:05:58 UTC 
Created attachment 105436 [details]
proposed patch to fix lftp
Comment 11 Jason Vas Dias 2004-10-20 14:13:54 UTC 
This problem is now fixed with kernel-2.6.9-1.637 .