Bug 718745 - cpuplugd: fix daemon startup race
Summary: cpuplugd: fix daemon startup race
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: s390utils
Version: 6.1
Hardware: s390x
OS: All
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Dan Horák
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 684953
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-04 13:30 UTC by IBM Bug Proxy
Modified: 2011-12-06 18:04 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: s390utils-1.8.2-37.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 17:45:11 UTC
Target Upstream Version:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
s390-tools-rhel6-cpuplugd_pid_race.patch (3.07 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-04 13:30 UTC, IBM Bug Proxy
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Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
IBM Linux Technology Center 72908 0 None None None Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1525 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE s390utils bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-06 01:02:25 UTC

Description IBM Bug Proxy 2011-07-04 13:30:39 UTC
Description: cpuplugd: fix daemon startup race

Symptom:     Multiple cpuplugd instances might be started concurrently.

Problem:     There is a race between the pid file check/creation and daemon startup.

Solution:    Use flock() around pid file check/creation and daemon startup.

Patch :  s390-tools-rhel6-cpuplugd_pid_race.patch


Verification : 

The patch has been tested, fixes the problem, and will be included in the next upstream release of the s390-tools.

With best regards,
     Hendrik

Comment 1 IBM Bug Proxy 2011-07-04 13:30:44 UTC
Created attachment 511191 [details]
s390-tools-rhel6-cpuplugd_pid_race.patch

Comment 6 IBM Bug Proxy 2011-09-16 17:00:43 UTC
------- Comment From sachinp.com 2011-09-16 12:56 EDT-------
Tested against RHEL 6.2 alpha. This issue has been fixed.

# cat /etc/issue
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 Beta (Santiago)
Kernel \r on an \m

# uname -r
2.6.32-195.el6.s390x

# cpuplugd -c /etc/sysconfig/cpuplugd
# cpuplugd -f -c /etc/sysconfig/cpuplugd
pid file /var/run/cpuplugd.pid still exists.
This might indicate that an instance of this daemon is already running.
#

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 17:45:11 UTC
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.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1525.html


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