This fast-track was approved at Wednesday's meeting. Brian Utterback wrote: > I am submitting this fastrack on behalf of Sreedhar Chalamalasetti. > > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI > This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > tftpd server maximum timeout > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Brian Utterback > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 23 October, 2008 > 4. Technical Description > This project proposes to add an option to set the tftpd server's (in.tftpd) > maximum timeout in order to address CR 6696985. > > The maximum timeout value (maxtimeout) in tftpd server is currently 25 > seconds. > This maxtimeout value has proven to be too low for some applications, but > currently there is no way to increase it because it is hardcoded. We propose > to > make it configurable via a new command line flag "-T". This flag will take a > single > integer value that will set the retransmit timeout(rexmtval) in seconds, > which will > indirectly change the maxtimeout (5 times the rexmtval). > > An example of setting of -T to 11 resulting in a 55 second maxtimeout value: > > # /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -T 11 -s /tftpboot > > One point to elaborate on. It might seem odd to set the retransmission timer > in > order to change the maximum timeout. This was choosen because the change is > straightforward, and this is how it is currently done in Linux. > > A minor/patch binding is requested. > > Diffs for the man page are below: > > *** in.tftpd.man Thu Oct 23 14:25:59 2008 > --- man_in.tftpd Thu Oct 23 14:25:10 2008 > *************** > *** 10,16 **** > > SYNOPSIS > ! in.tftpd [-s] [homedir] > > > DESCRIPTION > --- 10,16 ---- > > SYNOPSIS > ! in.tftpd [-T <rexmtval>] [-s] [homedir] > > > DESCRIPTION > *************** > *** 40,45 **** > --- 43,52 ---- > -d Debug. When specified it sets the SO_DEBUG socket > option. > > + -T rexmtval > + Specifies the value of retransmission timeout in seconds. > + This also sets the maximum session timeout to 5 times the > + retransmission timeout value. > > -s Secure. When specified, the directory change to > homedir must succeed. The daemon also changes its root > > > > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > on > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open >
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