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-rw-r--r--CHANGES7
-rw-r--r--RELEASE-NOTES3
-rw-r--r--lib/multi.c19
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 72c0fad4a..d7235d083 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
Changelog
+Daniel S (2 May 2007)
+- Set the timeout for easy handles to expire really soon after addition or
+ when CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM is returned from curl_multi_socket*/perform,
+ to make applications using only curl_multi_socket() to properly function
+ when adding easy handles "on the fly". Bug report and test app provided by
+ Michael Wallner.
+
Dan F (30 April 2007)
- Improved the test harness to allow running test servers on other than
the default port numbers, allowing more than one test suite to run
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index f4084218c..210466433 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o curl_easy_duphandle() crash
o curl -V / curl_verion*() works even when GnuTLS is used on a system without
a good random source
+ o curl_multi_socket() not "noticing" newly added handles
This release includes the following known bugs:
@@ -56,6 +57,6 @@ advice from friends like these:
Song Ma, Dan Fandrich, Yang Tse, Jay Austin, Robert Iakobashvil,
James Housley, Daniel Black, Steve Little, Sonia Subramanian, Peter O'Gorman,
- Frank Hempel
+ Frank Hempel, Michael Wallner
Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)
diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 76614c760..4b42981e8 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -469,6 +469,14 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_add_handle(CURLM *multi_handle,
/* make the SessionHandle struct refer back to this struct */
easy->easy_handle->set.one_easy = easy;
+ /* Set the timeout for this handle to expire really soon so that it will
+ be taken care of even when this handle is added in the midst of operation
+ when only the curl_multi_socket() API is used. During that flow, only
+ sockets that time-out or have actions will be dealt with. Since this
+ handle has no action yet, we make sure it times out to get things to
+ happen. */
+ Curl_expire(easy->easy_handle, 10);
+
/* increase the node-counter */
multi->num_easy++;
@@ -1385,6 +1393,17 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
multi->num_msgs++; /* increase message counter */
}
+ if(CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM == result)
+ /* Set the timeout for this handle to expire really soon so that it will
+ be taken care of even when this handle is added in the midst of
+ operation when only the curl_multi_socket() API is used. During that
+ flow, only sockets that time-out or have actions will be dealt
+ with. Since this handle has no action yet, we make sure it times out to
+ get things to happen. Also, this makes it less important for callers of
+ the curl_multi_* functions to bother about the CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM
+ return code, as long as they deal with the timeouts properly. */
+ Curl_expire(easy->easy_handle, 10);
+
return result;
}