From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.90_1) id 1kXwpp-0005LX-R1 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:34:37 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46432) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXwpn-0005LF-HY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:34:35 -0400 Received: from scrooge.tty.gr ([2001:648:2ffc:113:dcdb:eeff:fe5c:182b]:48490 helo=mail.tty.gr) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kXwpk-0008Dv-Ic for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:34:35 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tty.gr; s=scrooge; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=SqmHJDYJ9gJaC2ABvQRqRXP4r11uqK2K+rZz5vQYHc4=; b=KWJX0cU07oi9kb2KmaLpqqZhIn MlCo+fCjcrxZCWykb8wQFFN5J1J4B+HSJl8kOh6jOoQfpNUsrhle9IRAGeXn9WmxmPIWORs4bU57E iON/mUnxtIDX6BJPAgnCchzqPm1tBQrnLTYo45pkZ9UhsHH7fSga7sFodMd0YB9g1sB4=; Received: from [62.169.242.245] (helo=donald) by mail.tty.gr (envelope-from ) with esmtpsa (tls_cipher TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92 (Debian GNU/Linux)) id 1kXwpZ-0000wJ-Aq; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:34:21 +0200 Received: from paravoid by donald with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kXwpY-0000VF-VU; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:34:21 +0200 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:34:20 +0200 From: Faidon Liambotis To: Daniel Kiper Cc: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: Network stack status & bugs? Message-ID: <20201029013420.GA1689@tty.gr> References: <20200615095128.GA2796@tty.gr> <20201027211706.ojmfsa4rfhjl2x24@tomti.i.net-space.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201027211706.ojmfsa4rfhjl2x24@tomti.i.net-space.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Received-SPF: none client-ip=2001:648:2ffc:113:dcdb:eeff:fe5c:182b; envelope-from=paravoid@debian.org; helo=mail.tty.gr X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/28 21:34:22 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 01:34:35 -0000 Hi Daniel, On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:17:06PM +0100, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:51:29PM +0300, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > > Around a year ago, in my attempts to use GRUB for PXE, I ran into quite > > a few bugs with GRUB's TCP, DNS and HTTP stack that prevented me from > > using GRUB for that purpose. > > > > I tried my best to troubleshoot them and provide ways to reproduce them. > > I posted my findings in Savannah: > > - https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56391 TCP FSM bug(s) > > - https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56390 Non-dual-stack aware DNS > > - https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49531 HTTP Connection: close > > > > I haven't seen any activity in these for over a year, but that does not > > seem to be unusual for bugs reported to Savannah in general(?). > > > > However, from what I can tell, this mailing list seems to be getting a > > lot of activity and lots of progress being made (including recent e.g. > > the recent UEFI IPv6 improvements, yay!). So, I'm giving this a go > > instead in the hopes to surface those to the attention of more > > knowledgeable folks :) > > May I ask you to retest the latest upstream version from git master? I think > we should fix at least some of theses issues for upcoming 2.06 release. I can confirm that all three of those bugs are still present in current tip (2df291226). Happy to help test any patches! Regards, Faidon