Problem: getifaddrs can fail with ECONNREFUSED

getifaddrs() can fail transiently with ECONNREFUSED on Linux.
This has been observed with Linux 3.10 when multiple processes
call zmq::tcp_address_t::resolve_nic_name() simultaneously.

Before asserting in this case, make 10 attempts, with exponential
backoff, given by (1 msec * 2^i), where i is the attempt number.

Fixes zeromq#2051

src/tcp_address.cpp

@@ -182,7 +182,16 @@ int zmq::tcp_address_t::resolve_nic_name (const char *nic_, bool ipv6_, bool is_
 {
  // Get the addresses.
  ifaddrs *ifa = NULL;
- const int rc = getifaddrs (&ifa);
+ int rc;
+ const int max_attempts = 10;
+ const int backoff_msec = 1;
+ for (int i = 0; i < max_attempts; i++) {
+ rc = getifaddrs (&ifa);
+ if (rc == 0 || (rc < 0 && errno != ECONNREFUSED))
+ break;
+ usleep ((backoff_msec << i) * 1000);
+ }
+
  if (rc != 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
  // Windows Subsystem for Linux compatibility
  LIBZMQ_UNUSED (nic_);