1 Oct 2004 01:18
kern/72217: Bug in calculation of the parameter for the in6_rtqtimo and in6_mtutimo timeout functions
Richard Andrades <richard.andrades <at> utstar.com>
2004-09-30 23:18:25 GMT
2004-09-30 23:18:25 GMT
>Number: 72217 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Bug in calculation of the parameter for the in6_rtqtimo and in6_mtutimo timeout functions >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 30 23:20:24 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Richard Andrades >Release: FreeBSD 4.9 RELEASE >Organization: UTStarcom >Environment: FreeBSD mobo14 4.9-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE #0 root <at> rainier.nj.us.utstar.com:/usr/home/build/richard/main/os/freebsd/kernel/DISKLESS i386 >Description: The current time is not subtracted from the calculated (future) absolute time for the timeout function before calling timeout() - which expects a relative time. This results in the function getting called after a (much) larger than expected timeout time interval.(Continue reading)
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