Subject: port-i386/19713: pppd 2.4.0 reports negative byte count after hup.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <alex@Distel.netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/06/2003 16:03:50
>Number:         19713
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       pppd 2.4.0 reports negative byte count after hup.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    port-i386-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 06 07:06:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
System: NetBSD distel 1.6 NetBSD 1.6 (DISTEL) #0: Sun Dec 29 19:15:52 CET 2002 alex@distel:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/DISTEL i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
The pppd in my freshly installed 1.6 sometimes gives me a negative
byte count after HUP. It seems to be a signed/unsigned mismatch:

Jan  1 16:59:22 distel pppd[152]: Sent -1806850408 bytes, received 1205702297 bytes.
Jan  2 06:48:06 distel pppd[152]: Sent -1204765246 bytes, received 1309609016 bytes.
Jan  3 11:44:33 distel pppd[153]: Sent 1018305075 bytes, received 180682079 bytes.
Jan  4 11:45:12 distel pppd[153]: Sent 1022987585 bytes, received 191814596 bytes.
Jan  5 11:46:43 distel pppd[153]: Sent 1935870706 bytes, received 804727619 bytes.
Jan  6 11:47:14 distel pppd[153]: Sent -1099347885 bytes, received 1419358729 bytes.
>How-To-Repeat:
Transfer lots of bytes with pppd, eg. with DSL/pppoe.
>Fix:
	
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