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Re: libcurl 8.16.0 spawning large number of getaddrinfo threads?
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From: Dan Fandrich via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:31:19 -0700
On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 10:03:04AM +0200, Daniel Stenberg via curl-library wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2025, Vadim Grinshpun via curl-library wrote:
> > I'll look into enabling c-ares. In another part of this thread, Daniel
> > mentioned that c-ares can behave differently from getaddrinfo; are known
> > differences documented somewhere? (I'd like to ensure we won't get affected).
>
> I'm afraid I don't think they are. I also have not kept track if some of the
> issues that once were concerns in the past perhaps are not anymore.
I would imagine lacking support for /etc/nsswitch.conf and the glibc NSS
plug-in system would be a big one.
Dan
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:31:19 -0700
On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 10:03:04AM +0200, Daniel Stenberg via curl-library wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2025, Vadim Grinshpun via curl-library wrote:
> > I'll look into enabling c-ares. In another part of this thread, Daniel
> > mentioned that c-ares can behave differently from getaddrinfo; are known
> > differences documented somewhere? (I'd like to ensure we won't get affected).
>
> I'm afraid I don't think they are. I also have not kept track if some of the
> issues that once were concerns in the past perhaps are not anymore.
I would imagine lacking support for /etc/nsswitch.conf and the glibc NSS
plug-in system would be a big one.
Dan
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