Package: sysvinit-utils Version: 2.86.ds1-56 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch
Hi,
we use fuse-unionfs for /usr in a pool of systems. When rebooting
killall5 will stop all processes to avoid race conditions and then
calls readproc(). readproc(), being a common function for killall5 and
pidof, in turn stat()s /proc/pid/exe for every process. Since our /usr
is a fuse filesystem this deadlocks. killall5 waits for stat() and
stat() waits for the stopped fuse-unionfs process.
The attached patch adds a new parameter to readproc() telling it to
stat or not to stat and sets this flag for the killa5 and pidof case.
The patch also mlocks killall5 into memory to avoid demand page
loading. This would deadlock if /sbin is on a fuse filesystem.
MfG
Goswin
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84-killall_no_stat.dpatch
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