Merge remote-tracking branch 'public/bug9716_024'

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/or/connection.c b/src/or/connection.c
index 8c66a170e..8cf23ab0e 100644
--- a/src/or/connection.c
+++ b/src/or/connection.c
@@ -963,6 +963,27 @@ make_socket_reuseable(tor_socket_t sock)
 #endif
 }
 
+/** Max backlog to pass to listen.  We start at */
+static int listen_limit = INT_MAX;
+
+/* Listen on <b>fd</b> with appropriate backlog. Return as for listen. */
+static int
+tor_listen(tor_socket_t fd)
+{
+  int r;
+
+  if ((r = listen(fd, listen_limit)) < 0) {
+    if (listen_limit == SOMAXCONN)
+      return r;
+    if ((r = listen(fd, SOMAXCONN)) == 0) {
+      listen_limit = SOMAXCONN;
+      log_warn(LD_NET, "Setting listen backlog to INT_MAX connections "
+               "didn't work, but SOMAXCONN did. Lowering backlog limit.");
+    }
+  }
+  return r;
+}
+
 /** Bind a new non-blocking socket listening to the socket described
  * by <b>listensockaddr</b>.
  *
@@ -1045,7 +1066,7 @@ connection_listener_new(const struct sockaddr *listensockaddr,
     }
 
     if (is_tcp) {
-      if (listen(s,SOMAXCONN) < 0) {
+      if (tor_listen(s) < 0) {
         log_warn(LD_NET, "Could not listen on %s:%u: %s", address, usePort,
                  tor_socket_strerror(tor_socket_errno(s)));
         goto err;