Bug 589580

Summary:	Anaconda is leaking descriptors in getDevices
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Martin Sivák <msivak>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Martin Sivák <msivak>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	13	CC:	jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	anaconda-14.6.fc14	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clone Of:	589574	Environment:
Last Closed:	2011-06-27 16:08:19 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	589574
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Description Martin Sivák 2010-05-06 13:25:11 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #589574 +++

Description of problem:

While working on another bug, which used lots of calls to getDevices, anaconda crashed with "Too many open files". After investigating it I found the culprit.

We open directories in getDevices, but we never close them when we are done with them and we run out of free descriptors after a while...

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

RHEL6 Beta1, but we have this error almost in all versions. This has to be fixed for

How reproducible:

With modified RHEL6b1 loader (patch from #586905) anaconda partially segfaults and then tries to connect to NM with Too many open files errors.

--- Additional comment from msivak on 2010-05-06 09:13:47 EDT ---

Created an attachment (id=412011)
Cleanup after dir scanning

Comment 1 Martin Sivák 2010-05-07 08:47:50 UTC

This will be included in anaconda-14.6.fc14.

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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2011-06-27 16:08:19 UTC

Fedora 13 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2011-06-25. Fedora 13 is 
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