That's actually how I experienced the behavior. Running w/o -F caused cfservd to fork into the background, away from gdb. With -F kept it in gdb, but no threads would exit.
Thank you, -Jason Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Burgess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:40 PM > To: Martin, Jason H > Cc: help-cfengine@gnu.org > Subject: RE: Cfservd coredumps > > > > Don't do it then! :) Run with -F under gdb > > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 12:35 -0800, Martin, Jason H wrote: > > Along the 'run under gdb' lines, have you noticed that cfservd > > threads/processes do not exit under gdb? I ran it under gdb > and ended > > up with several thousand defunct cfservd processes. The defunct > > processes do not show up in the absence of gdb. > > > > -Jason Martin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mark Burgess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:31 PM > > > To: Martin, Jason H > > > Cc: help-cfengine@gnu.org > > > Subject: Re: Cfservd coredumps > > > > > > > > > > > > Try > > > > > > http://www.cfengine.org/confdir/segfault.html > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 11:29 -0800, Martin, Jason H wrote: > > > > Hello, I am experiencing frequent cfservd coredumps > (about every > > > > 30 > > > > minutes) with 2.1.14 and 2.1.17. This on RHEL ES2.1. I've > > > pasted the > > > > backtrace and logfile messages below. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions on solving the problem? > > > > > > > > Linux XXX 2.4.9-e.30smp #1 SMP Fri Nov 28 07:18:53 EST 2003 i686 > > > > unknown glibc-2.2.4-32.8 > > > > > > > > # gdb /usr/local/src/cfengine-2.1.17/src/cfservd > > > ./core.13063 GNU gdb > > > > Red Hat Linux (5.2-2) Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, > > > > Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public > > > License, and you > > > > are > > > > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it > under certain > > > > conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. > > > > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show > warranty" for > > > > details. > > > > This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux"... > > > > Core was generated by > > > `/usr/local/src/cfengine-2.1.17/src/cfservd -F -d > > > > 2'. > > > > Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading > > > > symbols from > > > /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/lib/libdb-4.4.so...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/lib/libdb-4.4.so > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_nis.so.2...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_nis.so.2 > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0...done. Loaded > > > > symbols for /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 Reading symbols from > > > > /lib/i686/libm.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for > /lib/i686/libm.so.6 > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/i686/libc.so.6...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/libc.so.6 > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1 > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2 > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2 > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_dns.so.2...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_dns.so.2 > > > > Reading symbols from /lib/libresolv.so.2...done. > > > > Loaded symbols for /lib/libresolv.so.2 > > > > #0 0x401daea8 in memmove (dest=0x2e0a4008, src=0x2e084201, > > > > len=969818625) at ../sysdeps/generic/memmove.c:105 > > > > 105 ../sysdeps/generic/memmove.c: No such file or directory. > > > > in ../sysdeps/generic/memmove.c > > > > > > > > RecvSocketStream(8) > > > > (Concatenated 8 from stream) > > > > Transaction Receive [t 16][] > > > > RecvSocketStream(16) > > > > (Concatenated 16 from stream) > > > > Got Blowfish size 16 BinaryBuffer(16)[40b6350000100020000] = 16 > > > > cfservd: Host XXXXX granted access to /SOMEFILE > > > > Clocks were off by 0 > > > > StatFile(/SOMEFILE) > > > > cfservd: Host YYYY granted access to /OTHERFILE > > > > Clocks were off by 0 > > > > StatFile(/OTHERFILE) > > > > cfservd: > > > > > > > > The debug output cuts off, I suspect that unflushed buffers are > > > > the > > > > problem. It would be nice if the debug output performed > a fflush() > > > > after each print to avoid losing data. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > -Jason Martin > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Help-cfengine mailing list > > > > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > > > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
