The culprit here is that there is no timeout on the serial console
read/write.
>From cloudinit/cs_utils.py
73 def __init__(self, request):
74 self.request = request
75 self.raw_result = self._execute()
76 self.result = self._marshal(self.raw_result)
77
78 def _execute(self):
79 connection = serial.Serial(SERIAL_PORT)
80 connection.write(self.request)
81 return connection.readline().strip('\x04\n')
Further, since we are blocking on the serial port, I have to question
whether or not this should be a default enabled source. The other serial
terminal DS is SmartOS, which is disabled by default. There are a lot of
good reasons why people attach serial consoles, but assuming that it
safe for cloud-init to read/write to a serial console seems like a great
way to break infrastructure or control planes.
IMHO, I think that the fix should be twofold 1) disable this ds by
default; 2) enforce a reasonable time out. I've attached a rough patch
of what I am thinking here.
We should get CloudSigma to clarify what the timeout should be before we
enforce the timeout.
That said, I think that an SRU that disables the DS is warranted.
** Patch added: "Make CloudSigma datasource timeout on serial console"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1316475/+attachment/4120172/+files/lp1316475.patch
** Branch linked: lp:~utlemming/cloud-init/cloudsigma_ds.1316475
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