Bug 1336940 – Disable squid systemd unit start/stop timeouts

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Bug 1336940 - Disable squid systemd unit start/stop timeouts

Summary:	Disable squid systemd unit start/stop timeouts

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	squid (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.2
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
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Assigned To:	Luboš Uhliarik
QA Contact:	Jan Houska
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Reported:	2016-05-17 16:48 EDT by Robert Marcano
Modified:	2016-11-03 17:17 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	squid-3.5.10-1.el7
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Last Closed:	2016-11-03 17:17:56 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:2600	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: squid security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2016-11-03 08:12:25 EDT

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Description Robert Marcano 2016-05-17 16:48:21 EDT

There are problems with squid cache swap.state file when they are killed by systemd when the default timeout is reached. See Fedora Bug #855111.

It was fixed on that bug by disabling the timeout on the unit file adding

  [Service]
  ...
  TimeoutSec=0

The problem can make the system to fill all the disk, and when using XFS (the EL 7 default) it can fill the entire root partition. At least ext4 has reserved blocks for root to make the system bootable and remote manageable.

On one occasion I experienced a XFS corruption with this problem when the disk filled out in minutes. The system was unresponsive to shutdown commands. the next boot the disk was full, with no file using that space, an offline xfs_repair was needed to recover the disk space.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 17:17:56 EDT

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-2016-2600.html

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