
ricky at rzhou
Oct 13, 2011, 2:18 AM
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[PATCH] Fix control persist and stdio forward interaction
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As reported earlier at https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2011-March/029441.html there is some strange interaction between ControlPersist and ssh -W that breaks things if you're using both. Specifically, ssh -W host:port with ControlPersist enabled opens up two connections to host:port and sends data from both back. I think this is happening because channel_connect_stdio_fwd is being called twice, once in client_setup_stdio_fwd, which is called from ssh_init_forwarding, and once in process_mux_stdio_fwd, which is called once the client process starts talking to the master process. It looks like the way ControlPersist is implemented, the process forks, with the child becoming the master process and the child making its connection through that. Thus, it seems like a reasonable fix to not call client_setup_stdio_fwd if need_controlpersist_detach is set, and just allow it to happen later. Does the attached patch look OK? Thanks, Ricky
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