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--- a/acpid.c	
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+++ a/acpid.c	
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@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ void
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 clean_exit_with_status(int status)
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 {
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 	acpid_cleanup_rules(1);
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+	delete_all_connections();
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 	acpid_log(LOG_NOTICE, "exiting");
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 	unlink(pidfile);
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 	exit(status);
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--- a/connection_list.c	
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+++ a/connection_list.c	
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@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ 
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 /*---------------------------------------------------------------*/
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 /* private objects */
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-#define MAX_CONNECTIONS 20
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+static int capacity = 0;
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-static struct connection connection_list[MAX_CONNECTIONS];
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+static struct connection *connection_list = NULL;
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 static int nconnections = 0;
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@@ -56,12 +56,20 @@ add_connection(struct connection *p)
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 {
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 	if (nconnections < 0)
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 		return;
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-	if (nconnections >= MAX_CONNECTIONS) {
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-		acpid_log(LOG_ERR, "Too many connections.");
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-		/* ??? This routine should return -1 in this situation so that */
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-		/*   callers can clean up any open fds and whatnot.  */
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-		return;
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-	}
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+
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+	/* if the list is full, allocate more space */
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+	if (nconnections >= capacity) {
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+		/* no more than 1024 */
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+		if (capacity > 1024) {
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+			acpid_log(LOG_ERR, "Too many connections.");
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+			return;
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+		}
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+
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+		/* another 20 */
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+		capacity += 20;
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+		connection_list =
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+			realloc(connection_list, sizeof(struct connection) * capacity);
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+	}
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 	if (nconnections == 0)
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 		FD_ZERO(&allfds);
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@@ -82,7 +89,9 @@ delete_connection(int fd)
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 {
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 	int i;
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-	close(fd);
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+	/* close anything other than stdin/stdout/stderr */
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+	if (fd > 2)
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+		close(fd);
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 	/* remove from the fd set */
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 	FD_CLR(fd, &allfds);
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@@ -110,6 +119,21 @@ delete_connection(int fd)
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 /*---------------------------------------------------------------*/
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+void
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+delete_all_connections(void)
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+{
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+	/* while there are still connections to delete */
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+	while (nconnections) {
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+		/* delete the connection at the end of the list */
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+		delete_connection(connection_list[nconnections-1].fd);
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+	}
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+
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+	free(connection_list);
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+	connection_list = NULL;
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+}
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+
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+/*---------------------------------------------------------------*/
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+
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 struct connection *
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 find_connection(int fd)
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 {
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--- a/connection_list.h	
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+++ a/connection_list.h	
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@@ -75,4 +75,7 @@ extern const fd_set *get_fdset(void);
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 /* get the highest fd that was added to the list */
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 extern int get_highestfd(void);
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+/* delete all connections, closing the fds */
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+extern void delete_all_connections(void);
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+
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 #endif /* CONNECTION_LIST_H__ */