From e15138a87024c627d1a0e64b5d25dda1bc634c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 05:50:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Teach rdate to timeout in 10 seconds to avoid blocking forever with odd or broken networking setups --- util-linux/rdate.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/util-linux/rdate.c b/util-linux/rdate.c index a5699ebf4..cb180247e 100644 --- a/util-linux/rdate.c +++ b/util-linux/rdate.c @@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include "busybox.h" static const int RFC_868_BIAS = 2208988800UL; +static void socket_timeout() +{ + bb_error_msg_and_die("timeout connecting to time server\n"); +} + static time_t askremotedate(const char *host) { unsigned long int nett, localt; @@ -46,6 +52,10 @@ static time_t askremotedate(const char *host) if (getservbyname("time", "tcp") != NULL) port="time"; + /* Add a timeout for dead or non accessable servers */ + alarm(10); + signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout); + fd = xconnect(host, port); if (safe_read(fd, (void *)&nett, 4) != 4) /* read time from server */ -- 2.25.1