There won't be any 3.0.z, and hence marking this bug for RHGS 3.1.z

This issue is seen only with RHGS based on RHEL 6.

An upstream patch http://review.gluster.org/13839 is posted for review.

Upstream mainline : http://review.gluster.org/13839
Upstream 3.8 : Available as part of branching from mainline

And the fix is available in rhgs-3.2.0 as part of rebase to GlusterFS 3.8.4.

Tested with glusterfs-3.8.4-3.el6rhs

glusterd responses are aligned while starting and stopping glusterd

[root@ ~]# service glusterd stop
Stopping glusterd:                                         [  OK  ]

[root@ ~]# service glusterd start
Starting glusterd:                                         [  OK  ]

[root@ ~]# service glusterd restart
Stopping glusterd:                                         [  OK  ]
Starting glusterd:                                         [  OK  ]
[root@ ~]#

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0486.html