Re: [OE-core] [openembedded-core V2][master][PATCH]xinetd: use monotonic time

["Wang, Li" <li.wang@windriver.com>]

On 7/30/2024 02:50, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 at 16:48, Li Wang via lists.openembedded.org
> <li.wang=windriver.com@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
>> when using xinet.d to limit rsync connections and time is set back,
>> the connection limit is reached very quickly and rsync gets deactivated,
>> if time is changed again, rsync is never reactivated.
>>
>> date -s "xxx"
>> xinetd[xxx]: Deactivating service rsync due to excessive incoming connections. Restarting in 10 seconds.
>>
>> the timer of xinet.d is based on time() function, and it is affected by system time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Li Wang <li.wang@windriver.com>
>> ---
>>   .../xinetd/xinetd/use-monotonic-time.patch    | 246 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   .../xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb                 |   1 +
>>   2 files changed, 247 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd/use-monotonic-time.patch
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd/use-monotonic-time.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd/use-monotonic-time.patch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..2144c3cba2
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd/use-monotonic-time.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
>> +use monotonic time
>> +
>> +when using xinet.d to limit rsync connections and time is set back,
>> +the connection limit is reached very quickly and rsync gets deactivated,
>> +if time is changed again, rsync is never reactivated.
>> +
>> +date -s "xxx"
>> +xinetd[xxx]: Deactivating service rsync due to excessive incoming connections. Restarting in 10 seconds.
>> +
>> +the timer of xinet.d is based on time() function, and it is affected by system time.
>> +
>> +Upstream-Status: Pending
> Is this patch taken from here?
> https://github.com/openSUSE/xinetd/pull/45
>
> If so, it has an incorrect upstream-status. Please fix that.

yes, but the upstream does not merge the patch, yet.

in this situation, what should I fill the status?

Thanks,
LiWang.

>
> Alex