[mythtv-commits] Ticket #7839: Add TCP keepalive to MythSocket connections

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#7839: Add TCP keepalive to MythSocket connections
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 Reporter:  Jeff Lu <jll544@…>          |       Owner:  ijr    
     Type:  enhancement                 |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor                       |   Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - General            |     Version:  head   
 Severity:  medium                      |     Mlocked:  0      
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 Attached patch adds TCP keepalive to MythSocket connections.  Doing so
 ensures that idle sockets are closed after the connection is broken.

 Two examples where keepalives allow Myth to recover gracefully:
 1) Master backend has HW crash or reboot, and slaves never reconnect
 because their MBE sockets never closed.
 2) Frontend watching LiveTV has HW crash or reboot, and backend never
 stops recording LiveTV because control socket never closed.

 By default, keepalives start after 120 idle minutes, so recovery could
 take at least that long (Linux defaults add up to ~137 minutes).
 Keepalive timing is configurable but not in a consistent way across
 different platforms.  For linux: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TCP-Keepalive-
 HOWTO/usingkeepalive.html

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