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author | Stefan Zager <szager@google.com> | 2012-10-19 14:04:20 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2012-10-19 14:15:17 -0700 |
commit | 7202b81ffccf89605ce2726ff9d63202b5f1da7f (patch) | |
tree | 3078366221d7e05daa7dd3f140f85f2600668bbc /test-path-utils.c | |
parent | Git 1.7.12.4 (diff) | |
download | tgif-7202b81ffccf89605ce2726ff9d63202b5f1da7f.tar.xz |
Fix potential hang in https handshake
It has been observed that curl_multi_timeout may return a very long
timeout value (e.g., 294 seconds and some usec) just before
curl_multi_fdset returns no file descriptors for reading. The
upshot is that select() will hang for a long time -- long enough for
an https handshake to be dropped. The observed behavior is that
the git command will hang at the terminal and never transfer any
data.
This patch is a workaround for a probable bug in libcurl. The bug
only seems to manifest around a very specific set of circumstances:
- curl version (from curl/curlver.h):
#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x071307
- git-remote-https running on an ubuntu-lucid VM.
- Connecting through squid proxy running on another VM.
Interestingly, the problem doesn't manifest if a host connects
through squid proxy running on localhost; only if the proxy is on
a separate VM (not sure if the squid host needs to be on a separate
physical machine). That would seem to suggest that this issue
is timing-sensitive.
This patch is more or less in line with a recommendation in the
curl docs about how to behave when curl_multi_fdset doesn't return
and file descriptors:
http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_multi_fdset.html
Signed-off-by: Stefan Zager <szager@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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