Subject: bin/5374: telnet uses constant in select() call
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@puddle.plethora.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/28/1998 17:05:15
>Number: 5374
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: telnet calls select(16,...)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 28 17:05:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Peter Seebach
>Organization:
>Release: a while back
>Environment:
System: NetBSD puddle.plethora.net 1.3C NetBSD 1.3C (PUDDLE) #0: Fri Feb 6 11:13:44 CST 1998 seebs@puddle.plethora.net:/mud/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PUDDLE i386
>Description:
sys_bsd.c has a call to select(16, ...) which is clearly stupidly
wrong. (This also occurs in BSD/OS, so it's probably historical.)
>How-To-Repeat:
Run telnet with a whole lot of open FD's.
>Fix:
I'd think it'd be easy, but...
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: