From 716ca530e1c4515d8683c9d5be3d56b301758b66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James <> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 11:49:21 +0000 Subject: trunk-47381 --- .../ppp/patches/101-debian_close_dev_ppp.patch | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/network/services/ppp/patches/101-debian_close_dev_ppp.patch (limited to 'package/network/services/ppp/patches/101-debian_close_dev_ppp.patch') diff --git a/package/network/services/ppp/patches/101-debian_close_dev_ppp.patch b/package/network/services/ppp/patches/101-debian_close_dev_ppp.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c6765b --- /dev/null +++ b/package/network/services/ppp/patches/101-debian_close_dev_ppp.patch @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +pppd: Close already open ppp descriptors + +When using the kernel PPPoE driver in conjunction with the "persist" option, +the already open descriptor to /dev/ppp is not closed when the link is +reestablished. This eventually leads to high CPU load because the stray +descriptors are always reported as ready by select(). + +This patch closes the descriptor if it is already open when establishing a +new connection. It originated from the Debian project. + +Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich + +--- a/pppd/sys-linux.c ++++ b/pppd/sys-linux.c +@@ -458,6 +458,13 @@ int generic_establish_ppp (int fd) + if (new_style_driver) { + int flags; + ++ /* if a ppp_fd is already open, close it first */ ++ if(ppp_fd > 0) { ++ close(ppp_fd); ++ remove_fd(ppp_fd); ++ ppp_fd = -1; ++ } ++ + /* Open an instance of /dev/ppp and connect the channel to it */ + if (ioctl(fd, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindex) == -1) { + error("Couldn't get channel number: %m"); -- cgit v1.2.3