On 07/22/2014 01:56 PM, Chad Rebuck wrote: > I see a related email from a google seach where you pointed someone to > the lock files directory. I suppose this isn't normal? Too many lock > files? > > [root@pogo locks]# pwd > /var/lib/mailman/locks > [root@pogo locks]# ll > total 100K > -rw-rw-r-- 2 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 18:10 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.19620.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 2 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20307.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20309.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20311.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20312.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20313.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20316.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20323.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20351.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20519.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20598.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 22:38 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20648.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 22:40 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20663.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 22:44 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20674.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 22:48 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20699.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 22:57 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20827.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 23:16 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20980.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 23:19 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20989.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 52 Jul 20 23:54 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.21944.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 50 Jul 21 00:16 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.406.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 50 Jul 21 00:20 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.435.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 http mailman 50 Jul 21 00:31 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.484.0 > -rw-rw-r-- 2 mailman mailman 46 Jul 23 2014 master-qrunner > -rw-rw-r-- 2 mailman mailman 46 Jul 23 2014 master-qrunner.pogo.341
There is definitely a locking issue. It's not that there are too many per se, it's that the list is locked by a defunct process and the lock will never be relinquished. If you cat /var/lib/mailman/locks/a2-16v-list.lock the contents will be the file name of the active lock. Judging from the link count, it's this one -rw-rw-r-- 2 http mailman 52 Jul 22 2014 a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.20307.0 do 'ps -fww 20307' or whatever the PID of the active lock is. If that PID doesn't exist, do rm /var/lib/mailman/locks/a2-16v-list.lock.pogo.19620.0 and wait a few seconds. If all the locks don't clear, repeat until they do. If a PID with the lock does exist, ps -fww will show what it is which may help identfy why it is hung with the list locked. -- Mark Sapiro <[email protected]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
