interference of FFI with poll(3)?

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Dear all,

after noticing problems with libssh2, and trying to fix this myself, I ran
into a strange experience which I wish to get an explanation for.

After compiling an OpenSSH server and a raw C libssh2 (for comparison) with
debug messaging, I with support of the libssh2 community was able to trace
the problem back to a call to poll(3) in session.c::_libssh2_wait_socket(),

   rc =3D poll(sockets, 1, has_timeout?ms_to_next: -1);

where sockets consists of a single socket, session->socket_fd.

This is roughly a polling with timeout for the connection =96 and, with the
Haskell FFI, an

  error 4 / EINTR / Interrupted system call

is thrown, and I was explained that this probably is caused by another
signal of the same code unit. Not finding anything, I at the end extended
libssh2 by a function,

LIBSSH2_API void libssh2_test(void){
  struct sockaddr_in sin;
  LIBSSH2_SESSION *session;
  const char *fingerprint;
  LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel;
  const unsigned long hostaddr=3D htonl(0x7F000001);
  const char *username=3D "i";
  const char *keyfile1=3D"/home/i/.ssh/id_rsa.pub";
  const char *keyfile2=3D"/home/i/.ssh/id_rsa";
  const char *password=3D "D0r1nha23";
  int got=3D 0;
  int sock=3D socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
  sin.sin_family=3D AF_INET;
  sin.sin_port=3D htons(22);
  sin.sin_addr.s_addr=3D hostaddr;
  if(connect( sock, (struct sockaddr*)(&sin), sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)
            ) !=3D 0 ) {
    fprintf(stderr, "failed to connect!\n");
    return;
  }
  session=3D libssh2_session_init();
  libssh2_trace(session,~0);
  if(libssh2_session_handshake(session, sock)) {
    _libssh2_debug(session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS
                  , "Failure establishing SSH session" );
    return;
  }
  fingerprint=3D libssh2_hostkey_hash(session, LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_HASH_SHA1);
  libssh2_userauth_list(session, username, strlen(username)); // ??
  if(libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile( session
                                        , username
                                        , keyfile1
                                        , keyfile2
                                        , password )) {
    _libssh2_debug(session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS
                  , "\tAuthentication by public key failed!" );
    return;
  } else {
    _libssh2_debug( session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS
                  , "\tAuthentication by public key succeeded." );
    if(!(channel=3D libssh2_channel_open_session(session))) {
      _libssh2_debug( session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS
                    , "Unable to open a session" );
      return;
    } else {
      libssh2_channel_setenv(channel, "FOO", "bar");
      if(libssh2_channel_request_pty(channel, "vanilla")) {
        _libssh2_debug( session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS
                      , "Failed requesting pty" );
      } else {
        if(libssh2_channel_shell(channel)) {
          _libssh2_debug( session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS
                        , "Unable to request shell on allocated pty" );
        } else {
          if(channel){
            libssh2_channel_free(channel);
            channel=3D NULL;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  libssh2_session_disconnect( session
                            , "Normal Shutdown, Thank you for playing" );
  libssh2_session_free(session);
  close(sock);
  libssh2_exit();
  return;
}

and called it by

foreign import ccall unsafe "libssh2_test"
  libssh2Test:: IO ()

as well as

{# context lib=3D"ssh2" prefix=3D"libssh2" #}
{# fun test as test { } -> `()' #}

With both approaches, I still got the same EINTR error, while coalling
libssh2_test() from C works completely flawless.

Is it possible that an interfering signal comes from the FFI? If yes, is
there a workaround?

Grateful for any kind of enlightenment... :-)

Thanks a lot in advance, Nick

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Dear all,<div><br></div><div>after noticing problems with libssh2, and tryi=
ng to fix this myself, I ran into a strange experience which I wish to get =
an explanation for.</div><div><br></div><div>After compiling an OpenSSH ser=
ver and a raw C libssh2 (for comparison) with debug messaging, I with suppo=
rt of the libssh2 community was able to trace the problem back to a call to=
 poll(3) in session.c::_libssh2_wait_socket(),</div>
<div><br></div><div>=A0 =A0rc =3D poll(sockets, 1, has_timeout?ms_to_next: =
-1);</div><div><br></div><div>where sockets consists of a single socket, se=
ssion-&gt;socket_fd.</div><div><br></div><div>This is roughly a polling wit=
h timeout for the connection =96 and, with the Haskell FFI, an</div>
<div><br></div><div>=A0 error 4 / EINTR / Interrupted system call</div><div=
><br></div><div>is thrown, and I was explained that this probably is caused=
 by another signal of the same code unit. Not finding anything, I at the en=
d extended libssh2 by a function,</div>
<div><br></div><font face=3D"&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">LIBSSH2_API =
void libssh2_test(void){<br>=A0 struct sockaddr_in sin;<br>=A0 LIBSSH2_SESS=
ION *session;<br>=A0 const char *fingerprint;<br>=A0 LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *chann=
el;<br>
=A0 const unsigned long hostaddr=3D htonl(0x7F000001);<br>=A0 const char *u=
sername=3D &quot;i&quot;;<br>=A0 const char *keyfile1=3D&quot;/home/i/.ssh/=
id_rsa.pub&quot;;<br>=A0 const char *keyfile2=3D&quot;/home/i/.ssh/id_rsa&q=
uot;;<br>=A0 const char *password=3D &quot;D0r1nha23&quot;;<br>
=A0 int got=3D 0;<br>=A0 int sock=3D socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);<br>=
=A0 sin.sin_family=3D AF_INET;<br>=A0 sin.sin_port=3D htons(22);<br>=A0 sin=
.sin_addr.s_addr=3D hostaddr;<br>=A0 if(connect( sock, (struct sockaddr*)(&=
amp;sin), sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ) !=3D 0 ) {<br>=A0 =A0 fprintf(stderr, &quot;faile=
d to connect!\n&quot;);<br>=A0 =A0 return;<br>=A0 }<br>=A0 session=3D libss=
h2_session_init();<br>=A0 libssh2_trace(session,~0);<br>=A0 if(libssh2_sess=
ion_handshake(session, sock)) {<br>
=A0 =A0 _libssh2_debug(session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , &quot;Failure establishing SSH session&quot; );<br>=A0 =
=A0 return;<br>=A0 }<br>=A0 fingerprint=3D libssh2_hostkey_hash(session, LI=
BSSH2_HOSTKEY_HASH_SHA1);<br>=A0 libssh2_userauth_list(session, username, s=
trlen(username)); // ??<br>
=A0 if(libssh2_userauth_publickey_fromfile( session<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , username<br>=
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A0 , keyfile1<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , keyfile2<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , password )) {<br>
=A0 =A0 _libssh2_debug(session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , &quot;\tAuthentication by public key failed!&quot; );<br>=
=A0 =A0 return;<br>=A0 } else {<br>=A0 =A0 _libssh2_debug( session, LIBSSH2=
_TRACE_TRANS<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , &quot;\tAuthenticatio=
n by public key succeeded.&quot; );<br>
=A0 =A0 if(!(channel=3D libssh2_channel_open_session(session))) {<br>=A0 =
=A0 =A0 _libssh2_debug( session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , &quot;Unable to open a session&quot; );<br>=A0 =A0 =
=A0 return;<br>=A0 =A0 } else {<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 libssh2_channel_setenv(chann=
el, &quot;FOO&quot;, &quot;bar&quot;);<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 if(libssh2_channel_request_pty(channel, &quot;vanilla&quot;)) {=
<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 _libssh2_debug( session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS<br>=A0 =A0=
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , &quot;Failed requesting pty&quot; );=
<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 } else {<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 if(libssh2_channel_shell(channe=
l)) {<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 _libssh2_debug( session, LIBSSH2_TRACE_TRANS<br>=A0 =A0=
 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 , &quot;Unable to request shell on=
 allocated pty&quot; );<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 } else {<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
if(channel){<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 libssh2_channel_free(channel);<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 channel=3D NULL;<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 }<br>=A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 }<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 }<br>=A0 =A0 }<br>=A0 }<br>=A0 libssh2_session=
_disconnect( session<br>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 =A0 , &quot;Normal Shutdown, Thank you for playing&quot; );<br>=A0 libssh2=
_session_free(session);<br>
=A0 close(sock);<br>=A0 libssh2_exit();<br>=A0 return;<br>}</font><div><br>=
</div><div>and called it by</div><div><br></div><font face=3D"&#39;courier =
new&#39;, monospace">foreign import ccall unsafe &quot;libssh2_test&quot; =
=A0<br>
=A0 libssh2Test:: IO ()</font><div><br></div><div>as well as=A0</div><div><=
br></div><font face=3D"&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">{# context lib=3D&=
quot;ssh2&quot; prefix=3D&quot;libssh2&quot; #}<br>{# fun test as test { } =
-&gt; `()&#39; #}</font><div>
<br></div><div>With both approaches, I still got the same EINTR error, whil=
e coalling libssh2_test() from C works completely flawless.</div><div><br><=
/div><div>Is it possible that an interfering signal comes from the FFI? If =
yes, is there a workaround?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Grateful for any kind of enlightenment... :-)</div><div=
><br></div><div>Thanks a lot in advance, Nick</div><div><br></div>

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