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From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: linux.debian.bugs.dist,linux.debian.kernel
Subject: Bug#1103242: /bin/ip: "ip mon" does not exit when output is gone
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:40:01 +0200
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 at 12:21, Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Package: iproute2
> Version: 6.1.0-3
> Severity: minor
> File: /bin/ip
> Tags: upstream
> X-Debbugs-Cc: sjr@debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> I started "ip mon" in the background, and closed the shell and the terminal.
>
> The "ip" command is still running, receiving netlink messages and writing to
> stdout, receiving EIO for this attempt.
>
> Monitor mode should probably exit when it cannot write output.

Hi,

Isn't this normal behaviour? IE, if I do 'sleep infinity &' and close
the terminal, it will likewise hang around