Re: Linux 1.3.59 / 66 locks solid on modem hangup
Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Thu, 22 Feb 1996 09:54:04 +0000 (GMT)
> I suspect that the problem is being caused indirectly by diald-0.12,
> which is trying to use the bind() call on the SOCK_PACKET socket
> it uses for monitoring. I've had a confirmation that removing the bind()
> calls from diald causes the problem to go away. Try either backing
> off to diald-0.11, or commenting out all the calls to bind() in
> diald-0.12 and see if the problem goes away. If it does, then the
> problem is definitely related to the bind() calls that diald is making.
That sounds plausible because I have to fiddle with the sockets when the
link is dropped to throw away the bound name pointer. I'll check that out.
Alan