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2007 Feb 18
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[Bug 1286] SFTP keeps reading input until it runs out of buffer space
...portedBy: thuejk at gmail.com
I had a problem with the sshfs connection dying all the time. I have
tracked the problem down to the check
if (newlen > BUFFER_MAX_LEN)
fatal("buffer_append_space: alloc %u not supported",
newlen);
in buffer.c:buffer_append_check()
The problem is that when sending a file data, sshfs will just keep
sending without waiting for the server to catch up. This does not need
to be a problem, as the sftp server should just stop receiving TCP
packets when the buffers are full, causing TCP resends and
automatically slowing down the s...