Marco d'Itri writes: > From: Simon Peter <dn.tlp@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [patch 03/14] Bug#306261: pppd does not properly close /dev/ppp on persist > > When using the kernel PPPoE driver, pppd never > closes /dev/ppp when the link has come down. If that's true, I'd rather find out where it should be closing things but isn't. > It opens superfluous fds to the device each time it re-opens the > connection, with the unclosed ones falsely reported always ready for > data by select(). > > This makes pppd eat up 100% CPU time after the first persist because of > the always instantly returning select() on the unclosed fds. I use pppd with the kernel pppoe driver and persist mode and I have never seen this problem, so there must be more to it than this. Paul. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
