Hi,
In channel.c/channel_request_pty_size if the request to resize the pty is
successfully sent then channel->reqPTY_state ends up being set to
libssh2_NB_state_sent. However, I believe this is wrong. There doesn't
seem to be a way for reqPTY_state to ever be set back to idle after this so
the next call to libssh2_request_pty_size will fail (because the state is
still set to "sent") - the failure will cause the state to be set back to
idle, so the next call will succeed.
The upshot of this is that every odd call to libssh2_request_pty_size fails
and returns -1, every even call succeeds (and in fact - any other call that
uses reqPTY_state to track its state will also fail after a successful call
to libssh2_request_pty_size).
This bug is happening for me in libssh2-1.2.7 but looking at the repo,
although the code has been somewhat refactored, the same bug still appears
to be present.
A workaround for this bug is to simply call libssh2_request_pty_size again
if it returns -1:
int r;
if ((r=libssh2_request_pty_size(...))<0)
{
r=libssh2_request_pty_size(...);
}
.. normal error processing ...
But obviously that's not really very nice (and I'm not sure what evilness
will happen if a real error happens in the first call ;).
Am I wrong, and there is actually a way for reqPTY_state to be set back to
idle? Or is this a real bug? (it looks to me like the code has been written
with asynchrony in mind, but never actually finished - the reqPTY_state code
appears to be mostly redundant).
Thanks,
Steve.
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Received on 2010-12-31