HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet

ZeroNet freezes during startup because of bogus timeout values passed to kevent.

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#1,202 opened on Dec 9, 2017

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  • ZeroNet version: 0.6.0
  • Operating system:FreeBSD 11.1
  • Web browser:Chrome
  • Tor status: always
  • Opened port: no
  • Special configuration: n/a

ZeroNet freezes during startup. The problem was traced to the kevent call made by libev from gevent. Bogus timeout value is passed to kevent. gevent maintainer claims that race condition in ZeroNet causes the problem.

See details here: https://github.com/gevent/gevent/issues/1051#issuecomment-350490266

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Research direction
Investigate the race condition in ZeroNet's event loop that leads to bogus timeout values in kevent by examining the gevent issue referenced and tracing the startup sequence.
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python
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backend
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Pythongevent
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