Please, could somebody figure out the following problem?

I have no experience with that :-( ...

Thanks, Markus.

> erh@nimenees.com writes:
> > 	I don't know.  But as a start, you might try running routed so
> > it uses up a bunch of CPU, then do "gdb routed" followed by
> > "attach <pid of running routed>" followed by "where" and see if that leads
> > you anywhere.  (you might want to build a debugging version first)
> 
> #0  0x80720c7 in __sysctl ()
> #1  0x8071f62 in _sysctl ()
> #2  0x80490a2 in ifinit () at if.c:717
> #3  0x8048834 in iflookup (addr=1913590481) at if.c:275
> #4  0x8051881 in read_d () at rdisc.c:998
> #5  0x804c3e0 in main (argc=0, argv=0xbfbfd984) at main.c:523
> #6  0x80481c5 in ___start ()
> 
> The offending code in src/sbin/routed/if.c:
> 	  for (;;) {
> 		  if ((needed = sysctl_buf_size) != 0) {
> line 717 --->>          if (sysctl(mib, 6, sysctl_buf,&needed, 0, 0) >= 0)
> 				  break;
> 			  /* retry if the table grew */
> 			  if (errno != ENOMEM && errno != EFAULT)
> 				  BADERR(1, "ifinit: sysctl(RT_IFLIST)");
> 			  free(sysctl_buf);
> 			  needed = 0;
> 		  }
> 		  if (sysctl(mib, 6, 0, &needed, 0, 0) < 0)
> 			  BADERR(1,"ifinit: sysctl(RT_IFLIST) estimate");
> 		  sysctl_buf = rtmalloc(sysctl_buf_size = needed,
> 					"ifinit sysctl");
> 	  }
> 
> It appears that routed is getting stuck in a buzz loop here.
> This happens even without aliases on an interface.  I have only
> three interfaces, epic0, wi0, and ppp0, and none of them have an
> alias.  I believe this happens regardless of whether the ppp0 changes
> state or not.
> 
> Any ideas here?  Is a 'for (;;)' the best thing here?
> 
> -Andrew