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Bug 977998 - freezed display when jpeg compression enabled (over WAN)
freezed display when jpeg compression enabled (over WAN)
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: spice-server (Show other bugs)
6.4
Unspecified Unspecified
unspecified Severity high
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Assigned To: Yonit Halperin
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Reported: 2013-06-25 14:46 EDT by Yonit Halperin
Modified: 2017-02-06 10:16 EST (History)
9 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: spice-server-0.12.4-1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Cause (from comment #0): When running spice over a limited bandwidth (with jpeg compression enabled), it was possible for a wrong flagto be set when sending bitmaps that were intended to replace lossy bitmaps inside the cache. Consequence (from comment #0): This can result in an endless wait at the client display channel. The display freeze, and wouldn't unfreeze till the client disconnects and reconnects. Fix: In such a case send the correct flags Result: That freeze does not happen.
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Last Closed: 2013-11-21 02:42:07 EST
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fix (1.64 KB, patch)
2013-06-25 14:49 EDT, Yonit Halperin
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External Trackers
Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:1571 normal SHIPPED_LIVE spice-server bug fix and enhancement update 2013-11-20 16:39:57 EST

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Description Yonit Halperin 2013-06-25 14:46:00 EDT
Description of problem:

When you run spice over a limited bandwidth, the display might freeze, and wouldn't unfreeze till the client disconnects and reconnects.

Easily reproduced when running with rhel7 guest over WAN (try entering wrong password in the login screen).

The origin of the problem is a wrong flag that was set when sending bitmaps that
were intended to replace lossy bitmaps inside the cache. The bug resulted in an endless wait at the client display channel.
Comment 1 Yonit Halperin 2013-06-25 14:49:05 EDT
Created attachment 765259 [details]
fix
Comment 2 Yonit Halperin 2013-06-25 14:53:31 EDT
I think that this bug can be the same as the bug that Marian hit in bug 809187  comment #9. But its not the same as the original report in 809187 (since it wasn't over WAN).
Comment 3 Paul Vine 2013-07-12 07:45:54 EDT
We need details of component versions and config to try to reproduce before we can ack.
Comment 4 Yonit Halperin 2013-07-12 08:21:33 EDT
(In reply to Paul Vine from comment #3)
> We need details of component versions and config to try to reproduce before
> we can ack.

It doesn't matter. The component is any spice-server of rhel6.4, rhel6.3, or even previous ones. And the network environment should be a low bandwidth one.
Comment 5 David Jaša 2013-07-12 10:19:12 EDT
(In reply to Yonit Halperin from comment #0)
> Easily reproduced when running with rhel7 guest over WAN (try entering wrong
> password in the login screen).
> 

Hi Yonit, I've seen such freeze in this even over LAN (that was F19 host & guest, client was connected to the same switch). Is it possible that the cause is the same?
Comment 6 Yonit Halperin 2013-07-12 10:41:02 EDT
(In reply to David Jaša from comment #5)
> (In reply to Yonit Halperin from comment #0)
> > Easily reproduced when running with rhel7 guest over WAN (try entering wrong
> > password in the login screen).
> > 
> 
> Hi Yonit, I've seen such freeze in this even over LAN (that was F19 host &
> guest, client was connected to the same switch). Is it possible that the
> cause is the same?

Hi, no, it is not the same one, I think I mentioned the bug you are referring to in comment #2.
Comment 7 David Jaša 2013-07-18 12:48:13 EDT
Reproduced according to steps, so qa_ack+.

The client doesn't freeze entirely though. When another connects, you can see in the input what was typed after the display freezed, which is consistent with comment 0:

> The bug resulted in an endless wait at the client display channel.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 02:42:07 EST
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1571.html

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