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Useful add-ons: src_vipa (source VIPA)
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src_vipa-2.0.3.tar.gz
MD5
recommended (2005-02-14) superseded
Release note:
- src_vipa version 2.0.3 (recommended)
- The package was improved with bug fixes and has been tested
successfully with "June 2003 stream" and "April 2004 stream".
It is now recommended.
General description:
src_vipa is a recommended utility that provides a very
flexible means of source address selection to arbitrary
applications. This is in particular useful for high availability
setups, where the dummy device holds a "VIPA" (virtual IP address).
src_vipa is a User Space utility and involves no kernel changes.
Installation and configuration instructions are provided in the
package.
Please read the README and manpage of src_vipa enclosed in
the tarball for further information and restrictions.
src_vipa is
provided under the terms of the enclosed Common Public License
("agreement"). Any use, reproduction or distribution of the program
constitutes recipient's acceptance of this agreement.
This update contains fixes for the following problems:
| Description: |
Using 'global round robin policy' leads to error message. |
| Symptom: |
When using 'global round robin policy' for programs which use
fork or clone, an error message 'was not able to cleanup shm
id xyz' is logged in syslogd. |
| Problem: |
For every process the _fini() function is called, where all
shared memory segments are removed, although it is not allowed to
call the _fini() function multiple times. |
| Solution: |
Ensure that only the father process clears the shared memory
segment. |
| Problem-ID: |
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| Description: |
Write error message when using too many vipas. |
| Symptom: |
No appropriate error message, when specifying more than the allowed
number of vipas. |
| Problem: |
Only generic error message is written. |
| Solution: |
Write specific error message, that too many vipas have been
specified. |
| Problem-ID: |
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| Description: |
Hang in socket close, when using too many sockets. |
| Symptom: |
Program started with src_vipa opening and closing many sockets
hangs. |
| Problem: |
Algorithm for removing sockets from hash table during close
was incorrect. |
| Solution: |
Fixed algorithm. |
| Problem-ID: |
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