]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/openvpn.git/commit
Move res_init() call to inner openvpn_getaddrinfo() loop
authorGert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Sun, 31 May 2015 13:59:09 +0000 (15:59 +0200)
committerGert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Tue, 2 Jun 2015 07:39:05 +0000 (09:39 +0200)
commit4e7eb95e43f0daed79e25e0ad6a9a20705b57376
treed43a5e3a3602bfb1587dca22da5dd8952906376d
parent5502af840205a8a9342600385fcd4ef2919073ba
Move res_init() call to inner openvpn_getaddrinfo() loop

A non-working nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf could lead to endless
loops inside openvpn_getaddrinfo(), because many systems will only
pick up changes to resolv.conf if res_init() is called again.

To reproduce, run openvpn with --resolv-retry infinite (2.3) or
--resolv-retry "a high number" (master) on a BSD system.  Linux
glibc seems to stat() resolv.conf on calls to getaddrinfo() and
pick up changes automatically.

Trac #523

Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>
Message-Id: <1433080749-6892-1-git-send-email-gert@greenie.muc.de>
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/9763
(cherry picked from commit 288a819af7d3a6fab9e0b69ae8dbaac74b36307b)
src/openvpn/socket.c