2014-10-20 12:31 GMT+02:00 Thomas D. <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > On 2014-10-20 08:01, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > I have an idea... some time ago we had problems that the child > > process (the one backgrounded ) had problems signaling the parent > > (startup process) that it finished initializing. > > Sounds like this could be the problem. > > We are starting rsyslog with start-stop-daemon using the "--wait 1000" > parameter: > > > Wait milliseconds after starting and check that daemon is still > > running. Useful for daemons that check configuration after forking or > > stopping race conditions where the pidfile is written out after > > forking. > > Because this check doesn't kicks in, it seems like that the signaling > did not occur yet... > > So far, just an update. Hope to have some code finally tomorrow. During my testing, I had at least two occasions where the parent process hang. I wasn't actually hunting for a repro, it was more or less a (seldom) side-effect if trying out new and old things. But it looks like the fix is going into the right direction.
Rainer > > > It would be great if Whissi could try out any patch that will result > > from that work... > > No problem. I am glad to help. That's why I set up a VM to reproduce the > problem... > > > On 2014-10-20 11:04, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > While implementing this, I think I have found a potential cause. > > It's different from what I thought, but it can lead to non-signaling > > the startup process, so that it hangs. In any case, I'll now also > > change the way the communication is handled. I am half through in any > > case ;) > > Sounds interesting. Give me a ping when there's something I can test. > > > -Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
