bin/59095: tar(1) process hangs in endless loop

Sun Nov 9 13:10:09 PST 2003

>Number:         59095
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       tar(1) process hangs in endless loop
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 09 13:10:05 PST 2003
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wolfram Schneider
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386
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>Description:

Sometimes tar(1) processes hangs in endless loop if called
from a cgi script and use all available CPU time:

nobody   86822  0.0  0.0   516  288  ??  T     8Oct03 3558:52.63 /usr/bin/tar --ignore-failed-read -cf - -C /var/tmp/.cvsweb.86807.1065603886 openoffice-devel

nobody   87361  0.0  0.0   516  252  ??  T    18Sep03 11055:14.58 /usr/bin/tar --ignore-failed-read -cf - -C /var/tmp/.cvsweb.87357.1063926519 trustedbsd

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

unknown. 

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