From 67cbacd2c1cc61fcc8a4cb8ca2d567bebec7a814 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thierry Vignaud Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 03:09:24 +0100 Subject: prevent segfaulting b/c of fork vs threads (mga#12041) the issue is that glib/gtk create threads behind us however threads & fork() don't behave well when mixed... --- lib/network/tools.pm | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/network/tools.pm b/lib/network/tools.pm index c80c269..c8e0cf6 100644 --- a/lib/network/tools.pm +++ b/lib/network/tools.pm @@ -216,8 +216,20 @@ sub get_default_connection { return $gw_intf, get_interface_status($gw_intf), $net->{resolv}{dnsServer}; } +#- returns the gateway address +# advantage over get_default_connection() is that we don't fork, +# which prevent segfaulting when glib/gtk create threads behind us (mga#12041) +sub get_gw_address() { + my $gateway; + foreach (cat_('/proc/net/route')) { + $gateway = $1 if /^\S+\s+00000000\s+([0-9A-F]+)/; + } + # Linux gives it as a hex number in network byte order: + $gateway ? join(".", unpack "CCCC", pack "L", hex $gateway) : undef; +} + sub has_network_connection() { - (undef, undef, my $gw_address) = get_default_connection({}); + my $gw_address = get_gw_address(); to_bool($gw_address); } -- cgit v1.2.1