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-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--src/src/rda.c12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 2325cdb88..0283defca 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.194 2005/08/02 11:23:27 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.195 2005/08/02 13:43:04 ph10 Exp $
Change log file for Exim from version 4.21
-------------------------------------------
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ PH/11 Added support for the IGNOREQUOTA extension to LMTP, both to the lmtp
TK/02 Remove one case of BASE64 error detection FTTB (undocumented anyway).
+PH/12 There was a missing call to search_tidyup() before the fork() in rda.c to
+ run a filter in a subprocess. This could lead to confusion in subsequent
+ lookups in the parent process. There should also be a search_tidyup() at
+ the end of the subprocess.
+
Exim version 4.52
-----------------
diff --git a/src/src/rda.c b/src/src/rda.c
index 06eff227e..7819a8023 100644
--- a/src/src/rda.c
+++ b/src/src/rda.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/rda.c,v 1.8 2005/06/27 14:29:43 ph10 Exp $ */
+/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/rda.c,v 1.9 2005/08/02 13:43:04 ph10 Exp $ */
/*************************************************
* Exim - an Internet mail transport agent *
@@ -607,9 +607,13 @@ if (pipe(pfd) != 0)
/* Ensure that SIGCHLD is set to SIG_DFL before forking, so that the child
process can be waited for. We sometimes get here with it set otherwise. Save
-the old state for resetting on the wait. */
+the old state for resetting on the wait. Ensure that all cached resources are
+freed so that the subprocess starts with a clean slate and doesn't interfere
+with the parent process. */
oldsignal = signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+search_tidyup();
+
if ((pid = fork()) == 0)
{
header_line *waslast = header_last; /* Save last header */
@@ -740,9 +744,11 @@ if ((pid = fork()) == 0)
rda_write_string(fd, NULL); /* Marks end of addresses */
}
- /* OK, this process is now done. Must use _exit() and not exit() !! */
+ /* OK, this process is now done. Free any cached resources. Must use _exit()
+ and not exit() !! */
(void)close(fd);
+ search_tidyup();
_exit(0);
}