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Description of problem:
i am running Redhat 9.0 ( kernel 2.4.20 )
and am-utils (am-utils-6.0.9-2)  (because i need the browsing feature
that automount doen't support).

Unfortunatelly, amd sometimes hangs at boot time during its
initialization (/etc/rc.d/init.d/amd ).
I can reproduce this bug with /etc/rc.d/init.d/amd start / stop 
sequences, sometimes the start hangs sometimes it works.
This bug occurs on ALL RedHat 9.0 boxes we have (7 PC with totally
different hardware).

When hanging i can observe the following processes :

root      2444  1911  0 17:14 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/bash
/etc/rc.d/init.d/amd start
root      2453  2444  0 17:14 pts/0    00:00:00 initlog -q -c
/usr/sbin/amd -F /etc/amd.conf
root      2454  2453  0 17:14 pts/0    00:00:00 /usr/sbin/amd -F
/etc/amd.conf
root      2455  2454  0 17:14 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/amd -F
/etc/amd.conf

with the following traces :

[root@redhat-serv root]# strace -p 2453
wait4(2454, 0xbfffd9cc, WNOHANG, NULL)  = 0
nanosleep({0, 500000}, NULL)            = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 2,
500) = 0
wait4(2454, 0xbfffd9cc, WNOHANG, NULL)  = 0
nanosleep({0, 500000}, NULL)            = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 2,
500) = 0
wait4(2454, 0xbfffd9cc, WNOHANG, NULL)  = 0
nanosleep({0, 500000}, NULL)            = 0
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=5, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}], 2,
500) = 0
wait4(2454, 0xbfffd9cc, WNOHANG, NULL)  = 0
nanosleep({0, 500000}, NULL)            = 0
poll( <unfinished ...>


[root@redhat-serv root]# strace -p 2454
futex(0x4212e1c8, FUTEX_WAIT, -2, NULL <unfinished ...>


[root@redhat-serv root]# strace -p 2455
select(1024, [4 5 6 7], NULL, NULL, {932, 980000} <unfinished ...>

Despite the fact the "father" process hangs, the child amd works
and the service amd runs perfectly, BUT at boot time, the boot
sequence would block in /etc/rc.d/init.d/amd

The SAME configuration worked perfectly with RH 8.0, am-utils-6.0.7-9,
kernel 2.4.18

I wasn't able to reproduce the bug with a RH 8.0 kernel (2.4.18-14) 
on top of my RH 9.0 install. Sounds like a kernel bug or a misusage of futexes ?

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
am-utils-6.0.9-2

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.service amd stop
2.service amd start
3.goto 1 until amd hangs
    

Actual Results:  amd forks but the father process doesn't die

Expected Results:  amd should go in the background and the boot process should
continue

Additional info:

Seems to be a futex/kernel/libc bug since reverting to an older kernel
fixes it.