From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.90_1) id 1kelgF-0007zK-J4 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:04:55 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50286) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kelgD-0007w8-BX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:04:53 -0500 Received: from scrooge.tty.gr ([2001:648:2ffc:113:dcdb:eeff:fe5c:182b]:49820 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 1kelgA-0001za-Vx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:04:53 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tty.gr; s=scrooge; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: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=pd6WWl7t2HbPAxHo7ueJa/hE9W8lrltiCtvpZCFkMFo=; b=bCIP3cGXjkT0IK8CUst1KRJUgw O53kFa21meAOo+GljUX3wBfY4Zu0MzDVhJrC4Xk4vQzUWk4FCq9t/USYhT/M/EAUzYY49oNT/Q5N8 HeJ9ZyPJv0Oxf/zoPqzqi0Oqe1mVGzR3kviBhrP2snd0HHgMRRcRWhCEFNVUArWoAuLM=; 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 1kelfy-000306-64; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:04:38 +0200 Received: from paravoid by donald with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kelfx-0005JM-OF; Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:04:37 +0200 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:04:37 +0200 From: Faidon Liambotis To: Daniel Kiper Cc: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: Network stack status & bugs? Message-ID: <20201116210437.GA19779@tty.gr> References: <20200615095128.GA2796@tty.gr> <20201027211706.ojmfsa4rfhjl2x24@tomti.i.net-space.pl> <20201029013420.GA1689@tty.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20201029013420.GA1689@tty.gr> 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 = 2020/11/16 16:04:39 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: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:04:54 -0000 Hey Daniel & team, On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 03:34:20AM +0200, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > 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! Bumping this wondering if there are any news or plans at this point :) I watched Michał Żygowski's presentation last week at the GRUB mini-summit with interest, and noticed your comments there as well -- possibly referring to some of these bugs above? Best, Faidon