From https://bugs.debian.org/306261
When using the kernel PPPoE driver, pppd never
closes /dev/ppp when the link has come down.
It opens superfluous fds to the device each time it re-opens the
connection, with the unclosed ones falsely reported always ready for
data by select().
This makes pppd eat up 100% CPU time after the first persist because of
the always instantly returning select() on the unclosed fds.
The problem also occurs with the upstream version, but does not occur
when a pty/tty device is used for the ppp connection.
Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Co-authored-by: Simon Peter <dn.tlp@gmx.net>
if (new_style_driver) {
int flags;
if (new_style_driver) {
int flags;
+ /* If a ppp_fd is already open, close it first */
+ if (ppp_fd >= 0) {
+ close(ppp_fd);
+ remove_fd(ppp_fd);
+ ppp_fd = -1;
+ }
+
/* Open an instance of /dev/ppp and connect the channel to it */
if (ioctl(fd, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindex) == -1) {
error("Couldn't get channel number: %m");
/* Open an instance of /dev/ppp and connect the channel to it */
if (ioctl(fd, PPPIOCGCHAN, &chindex) == -1) {
error("Couldn't get channel number: %m");