Bug 608094

Summary: updatedb of mlocate hangs on sshfs filesystem
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Penelope Fudd <bugzilla.redhat.com>
Component: mlocateAssignee: Miloslav Trmač <mitr>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Fixed In Version: mlocate-0.24-1.fc15 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Penelope Fudd 2010-06-25 16:22:08 UTC
Description of problem:
The system generated an email that says:
--
/etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron:
/usr/bin/updatedb: `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db' is locked (probably by an earlier updatedb)
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Typing 'lsof -p `pidof updatedb`' hangs.

From google searching, it appears that it's hanging on an sshfs mounted filesystem where the underlying ssh has timed out and disconnected.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mlocate-0.22.2-2.fc12.i686
fuse-sshfs-2.2-5.fc12.i686

How reproducible:
Frequently

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Mount a filesystem using sshfs
2. Kill the ssh
3. Run updatedb
  
Actual results:
updatedb hangs when it encounters the filesystem (probably)

Expected results:
No hang

Additional info:
Maybe sshfs could be improved instead, incorporating lessons from the nfs manpage?

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Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-03-31 19:18:44 UTC
mlocate-0.24-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mlocate-0.24-1.fc15

Comment 3 Miloslav Trmač 2011-03-31 19:20:36 UTC
Thanks for your report.  mlocate should ideally exclude all fuse file systems; fuse.sshfs is one of those that really matters, so I have added an explicit exclusion in mlocate-0.24-1.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-04-02 02:48:37 UTC
Package mlocate-0.24-1.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing mlocate-0.24-1.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mlocate-0.24-1.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-04-05 21:35:38 UTC
mlocate-0.24-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.