Re: Sockets

In message <1AE3FC690F8.00000729dave@davehigton.me.uk>
Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:38:10 GMT Geoffrey Baxendale wrote:
>
> > In message <c42a61d553.DaveMeUK@my.inbox.com>
> > Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> In message <mpro.n0iifp008cgrh041t.pittdj@pittdj.co.uk>
> >> David Pitt <pittdj@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Geoffrey Baxendale, on 4 Feb, wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Is it just me, or is Netsurf's sockets system awry. After a modest
> >>>> browsing session Internet access freezes up due, I think,
> >>>> to sockets being used up. Qitting Netsurf restores order. It seems to
> >>>> have started about a couple of weeks ago. Not sure of the exact time.
> >>>>
> >>>> Risc Os 6.2 NS R1681. (JSoff)
> >>>
> >> >The same thing happens here with #1694 on a Raspberry Pi, OS5.21
> >> (31Jan14).
> >>>
> >> >I have resurrected a Socket Counter application, !SockCtr, which dates
> >> back
> >> >to the time when Oregano2 managed to do a similar trick. It is a
> >> frontend to
> >> >David Ruck's SocketCount.
> >>>
> >> >http://pittdj.co.uk/software/index.htm
> >>
> >> Thank you for that useful app, David. It confirms Netsurf's problem
> >> nicely. The number of sockets starts off for me at 90, and gradually
> >> collapses. When it reaches 0, NS can't resolve the link. The number
> >> rarely increases at all.
> >>
> >> But the clincher is: quit NS, and the number instantly goes back up
> >> to 90.
> >>
> >> I'm confirming it with build 1694 and 1615. There's a big gap in
> >> the versions I've kept; the latest before 1615 is 1356, which behaves
> >> very differently. Curiously, the sockets are recovered not when a
> >> page closes, but when a new one is opened.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> > As far as I can tell, 1614 is OK and 1635 not. Don't have any builds
> > between those here. When I have more time I will try and narrow it down
> > further. (All Non JS)
>
> Geoff, can you use SockCtr and see if 1614 reclaims sockets under the
> same circumstances as 1356? This is worth adding to the bug report.
>
> Dave
>
Don't suppose there is much point now JMB has fixed whatever was wrong!
Thanks!

I had been using SockCtr3. Thanks to whoever posted the link to
that. There is another prog !SockMgr by Dave Thomas which lists data on
all the open sockets.
http://www.tristone.co.uk/davespace/software/dpt.html

TTFN
--
Geoff.
Using Acorn StrongARM Kinetic RiscPC.
Oxymoron of the day: "Humane Warfare"