linux-kernel - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 8961] New: BUG triggered by oidentd in netlink code

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Date:	Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:56:12 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:	link@...gy.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 8961] New: BUG triggered by oidentd in netlink
 code

Herbert Xu wrote:
> Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks. I'm not sure either, it would require two concurrent requests
>> to be processed, but AFAICS oidentd only uses a single netlink socket.
>> Perhaps multiple running instances or something else using the inet_diag
>> interface?
>>     
>
> Since identd serves requests from the outside world it is
> quite possible for two identd instances to run simultaneously
> serving two requests.
>
> I'm not familiar with oidentd but this is certainly pidentd
> works.

Right, I forgot about inetd. Thanks Herbert :)

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