> >From the Sendmail 8.9.0 Known Bugs List:
>
> * accept() problem on Linux.
>
> Apparently, the accept() in sendmail daemon loop can return ETIMEDOUT
> and cause sendmail to sleep for 5 seconds during which time no new
> connections will be accepted. An error is reported to syslog:
> What is going on here? This is a heavily loaded mail server. Is
> this really a Linux kernel bug?
>
Apparently. Sendmail() expects to see EWOULDBLOCK even though the
socket has not been set to non-blocking. The kernel returns ETIMEDOUT
if no resources are presently available. I know what my Sun does
under these conditions, but I don't think a kernel crash is the
correct response either!
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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