[patch] netstat: got bogus unix line...

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Tuesday 25 December 2007 12:08, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
> Seen a case when bb-netstat will output:
>
>   prompt> ./busybox netstat -lanx
>   ...
>   unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING      14220 private/mailman
>   unix  2      [ ]         DGRAM                     14954 @
>   netstat: got bogus unix line 'prompt>

Can you run "strace -o log -s 512 <cmd>" and post the log?

> and stop.  Looking through the code, I noticed:
>
> 184:            bb_error_msg("warning, got bogus tcp line");
> 239:            bb_error_msg("warning, got bogus udp line");
> 319:            bb_error_msg("warning, got bogus raw line");
> 370:            bb_error_msg("got bogus unix line '%s'", line);

At least it tries to report what was the problem.

> The bb_error_msg on line 370 differs from the others.  Changed that to
> keep consistancy:
>
> 370:            bb_error_msg("warning, got bogus unix line");
>
> The effect was that netstat does no longer stops, behaving almost similar
> to netstat from net-tools.

Why doesn't it stop now?
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