Bug 648823

Summary: [RHEL5.3] Even if a process have received data but schedule() in select() cannot return [rhel-5.3.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel>
Component: kernelAssignee: Jiri Pirko <jpirko>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 5.2CC: amwang, cward, dhoward, dzickus, fleitner, jolsa, jpirko, kzhang, ltroan, nmurray, pbenas, phan, pm-eus, rkhan, tao
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.18-128.27.1.el5 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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When data was transmitted from a server process to a client process while the client process was waiting for data provided by the select() function, the client process might not have returned from the select() function. With these update, the client process returns from the select() function.
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Last Closed: 2010-12-20 08:34:09 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 509866    
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-11-02 08:47:51 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #509866 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.3 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 2 Jiri Pirko 2010-11-10 06:45:21 UTC
in kernel-2.6.18-128.27.1.el5

linux-2.6-net-fix-race-in-data-receive-select.patch

Comment 3 Petr Beňas 2010-11-10 13:06:22 UTC
Reproduced in 2.6.18-128.26.1.el5.

Comment 8 Jaromir Hradilek 2010-12-14 14:26:31 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
When data was transmitted from a server process to a client process while the client process was waiting for data provided by the select() function, the client process might not have returned from the select() function. With these update, the client process returns from the select() function.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2010-12-20 08:34:09 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0996.html