Since pids can be re-used, it is necessary to check that the process that is running with a pid matches the one that we expect.
This adds the ability to optionally pass a 'binary' argument to pidfile_is_running, and if it is passed to match the binary against /proc/$pid/exe. Signed-off-by: Terry Wilson <twil...@redhat.com> --- utilities/ovn-ctl | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/utilities/ovn-ctl b/utilities/ovn-ctl index d733aa42d..14d37a3d6 100755 --- a/utilities/ovn-ctl +++ b/utilities/ovn-ctl @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ ovn_ic_db_conf_file="$ovn_etcdir/ovn-ic-db-params.conf" pidfile_is_running () { pidfile=$1 - test -e "$pidfile" && [ -s "$pidfile" ] && pid=`cat "$pidfile"` && pid_exists "$pid" + cmd=$2 + test -e "$pidfile" && [ -s "$pidfile" ] && pid=`cat "$pidfile"` && pid_exists "$pid" && [ -z $cmd -o pid_comm_check "$cmd" "$pid" ] } >/dev/null 2>&1 stop_nb_ovsdb() { -- 2.34.3 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev