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-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--src/src/exim.c11
-rw-r--r--src/src/version.c4
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index 83d2ff066..6e1d523b4 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.3 2004/10/11 13:24:19 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.4 2004/10/14 11:21:02 ph10 Exp $
Change log file for Exim from version 4.21
-------------------------------------------
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Exim version 4.44
2. Change 4.43/35 introduced a bug: if quota_filecount was set, the
computation of the current number of files was incorrect.
+ 3. Closing a stable door: arrange to panic-die if setitimer() ever fails. The
+ bug fixed in 4.43/37 would have been diagnosed quickly if this had been in
+ place.
+
Exim version 4.43
-----------------
diff --git a/src/src/exim.c b/src/src/exim.c
index 6d227c33e..37f206d26 100644
--- a/src/src/exim.c
+++ b/src/src/exim.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/exim.c,v 1.1 2004/10/07 10:39:01 ph10 Exp $ */
+/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/exim.c,v 1.2 2004/10/14 11:21:02 ph10 Exp $ */
/*************************************************
* Exim - an Internet mail transport agent *
@@ -196,7 +196,10 @@ os_non_restarting_signal(SIGALRM, sigalrm_handler);
/* This function is called by millisleep() and exim_wait_tick() to wait for a
period of time that may include a fraction of a second. The coding is somewhat
-tedious...
+tedious. We do not expect setitimer() ever to fail, but if it does, the process
+will wait for ever, so we panic in this instance. (There was a case of this
+when a bug in a function that calls milliwait() caused it to pass invalid data.
+That's when I added the check. :-)
Argument: an itimerval structure containing the interval
Returns: nothing
@@ -210,7 +213,9 @@ sigset_t old_sigmask;
(void)sigemptyset(&sigmask); /* Empty mask */
(void)sigaddset(&sigmask, SIGALRM); /* Add SIGALRM */
(void)sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigmask, &old_sigmask); /* Block SIGALRM */
-(void)setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, itval, NULL); /* Start timer */
+if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, itval, NULL) < 0) /* Start timer */
+ log_write(0, LOG_MAIN|LOG_PANIC_DIE,
+ "setitimer() failed: %s", strerror(errno));
(void)sigfillset(&sigmask); /* All signals */
(void)sigdelset(&sigmask, SIGALRM); /* Remove SIGALRM */
(void)sigsuspend(&sigmask); /* Until SIGALRM */
diff --git a/src/src/version.c b/src/src/version.c
index 16554ad6e..6391d13bf 100644
--- a/src/src/version.c
+++ b/src/src/version.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/version.c,v 1.1 2004/10/07 10:39:01 ph10 Exp $ */
+/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/version.c,v 1.2 2004/10/14 11:21:02 ph10 Exp $ */
/*************************************************
* Exim - an Internet mail transport agent *
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
#include "exim.h"
-#define THIS_VERSION "4.43"
+#define THIS_VERSION "4.44"
/* The header file cnumber.h contains a single line containing the