Re: [libmicrohttpd] libmicrohttpd 0.9.55 https and MHD_USE_EPOLL

[Denis Dowling]

Hi Evgeny,

I have checked my application with the latest git master version of 
libmicrohttpd and your change fixes the epoll lockup problem.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Denis

-----Original Message-----
From: libmicrohttpd [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Evgeny Grin
Sent: Saturday, 9 September 2017 5:08 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [libmicrohttpd] libmicrohttpd 0.9.55 https and MHD_USE_EPOLL

Hi Denis,

Problem was fixed in git master.
Could you recheck on your side?

--
Best Wishes,
Evgeny Grin

On 05.09.2017 23:22, Evgeny Grin wrote:
> Hi Denis,
>
> Reproduced on CentOS 7 with current git master.
> Will look into it.
>
> -- Best Wishes, Evgeny Grin On 05.09.2017 4:54, Denis Dowling wrote:
>> Hi Evgeny,
>>
>> It is actually the GET that is causing the problem.
>>
>> I have been able to duplicate as follows:
>> - Testing on CentOS7.3.1611. Everything up to date according to yum.
>> - Start with a clean unpack of libmicrohttpd-0.9.55
>> - Edit the https_fileserver_example.c file and change the 
>> MHD_USE_THREAD_PER_CONNECTION option to MHD_USE_EPOLL. Leave the other 
>> options as they are.
>> - make https_fileserver_example
>> - In the same directory create 2 files of different sizes (1kB and 100kB)
>>   dd if=/dev/urandom of=small.dat bs=1024 count=1
>>   dd if=/dev/urandom of=big.dat bs=1024 count=100
>> - Start https_fileserver_example
>>    ./https_fileserver_example 8888
>> - In another window use wget to grab both files
>>   wget --no-check-certificate https://localhost:8888/small.dat
>>   wget --no-check-certificate https://localhost:8888/big.dat
>>
>> In my case the big.dat download freezes at 16384 bytes downloaded. If I 
>> change from MHD_USE_EPOLL to MHD_USE_POLL it works fine. If I use 
>> MHD_USE_AUTO it hangs as the system detects epoll() and uses it.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Denis
>>

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