Hi Vu,
That was expected behaviour that IMCN after getting unblocked will process 
sig_term event.  For this to happen, it has to come out of 
IMMDispatch(DISPATCH_ALL). I think IMMND just sends CCB callbacks for atleast 
create/delete/modify and complete on one go. For CCB Apply IMMND will have to 
wait for completed response which creates a dependency on IMCN. But I this not 
synschronous lilke callbacks in other services. So in our test application 
which is only one client making conf changes, no problem will occur. However in 
case of multiple clients are making CCB changes then IMMND will be sending 
these to IMCNand these will be piling up. 
 Anyways, I do not see much risk but still I would like Minh to clarify the 
problem enviornment whether configuration changes are done much faster and by 
multiple clients. I have seen in some IMM tickets where reporter was creating 
thousands of objects
Yes, by maintaining the flag spawning of mulitple threads can be avoided. But 
we need to remember here that maintaining this flag does not block a user to 
trigger swtichvers. So per switchover, restart of IMCN may get missed.

Thanks,
Praveen


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** [tickets:#2219] ntfd: circular dependency with osafntfimcnd**

**Status:** assigned
**Milestone:** 5.0.2
**Created:** Thu Dec 08, 2016 05:14 AM UTC by Gary Lee
**Last Updated:** Mon Dec 12, 2016 08:47 AM UTC
**Owner:** Praveen


A circular dependency can be seen when performing a si-swap of 
safSi=SC-2N,safApp=OpenSAF:

1. Active NTFD is trying to sync with Standby using MBC
2. Standby NTFD is the process of terminating its local osafntfimcnd. It is 
stuck in timedwait_imcn_exit() and cannot reply to the Active.
3. osafntfimcnd [on standby] is trying to send a notfication to Active NTFD

So we have (1) depending on (2) depending on (3) depending on (1)

This results in a temporary deadlock that dramatically slows down NTFD's 
ability to process its main dispatch loop. The deadlock only lasts for approx. 
1 second, when mbcsv_mds_send_msg() times out. But since there could be lots of 
MBC messages to send, sometimes osafntfimcnd is killed with SIGABRT generating 
a coredump. The si-swap operation will also timeout.

steps to reproduce
- Run loop of ntftest 32
root@SC-1:~# for i in {1..10}; do ntftest 32; done
- On another terminal, keep swapping 2N Opensaf SI, got coredump after couples 
of swaps
root@SC-1:~# amf-adm si-swap safSi=SC-2N,safApp=OpenSAF
...
root@SC-1:~# amf-adm si-swap safSi=SC-2N,safApp=OpenSAF

~~~
SC-2 (active)

There are a lot of send failures. Each taking approx. 1 second to timeout. 
During these 1 second timeouts, NTFD cannot process the main dispatch loop.
    
    Dec  7 11:01:37.531772 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    Dec  7 11:01:37.531781 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0209] TR send type 
MDS_SENDTYPE_REDRSP:
    Dec  7 11:01:38.537307 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0247] << 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: failure
    Dec  7 11:01:38.537758 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    Dec  7 11:01:38.537766 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0209] TR send type 
MDS_SENDTYPE_REDRSP:
    Dec  7 11:01:39.543180 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0247] << 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: failure
    Dec  7 11:01:39.543695 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    Dec  7 11:01:39.543698 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0209] TR send type 
MDS_SENDTYPE_REDRSP:
    Dec  7 11:01:40.545252 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0247] << 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: failure
    Dec  7 11:01:40.545719 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    Dec  7 11:01:40.545726 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0209] TR send type 
MDS_SENDTYPE_REDRSP:
    Dec  7 11:01:41.551328 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0247] << 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: failure
    Dec  7 11:01:41.551971 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    Dec  7 11:01:41.551979 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0209] TR send type 
MDS_SENDTYPE_REDRSP:
    Dec  7 11:01:42.557594 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0247] << 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: failure
    Dec  7 11:01:42.558171 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    Dec  7 11:01:42.558179 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0209] TR send type 
MDS_SENDTYPE_REDRSP:
    Dec  7 11:01:43.564051 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0247] << 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: failure
    Dec  7 11:01:43.564874 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    Dec  7 11:01:43.564883 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0209] TR send type 
MDS_SENDTYPE_REDRSP:
    Dec  7 11:01:44.572407 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0247] << 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: failure
    Dec  7 11:01:44.573262 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    Dec  7 11:01:44.573271 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0209] TR send type 
MDS_SENDTYPE_REDRSP:
    Dec  7 11:01:45.575091 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0247] << 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: failure
    Dec  7 11:01:47.083548 osafntfd [452:mbcsv_mds.c:0185] >> 
mbcsv_mds_send_msg: sending to vdest:e
    
~~~


~~~
SC-1 (standby)

NTFD is trying to terminate osafntfimcnd. While it is doing that, it cannot 
reply to NTFD on SC-2. Meanwhile, osafntfimcnd is sending NTF notifications to 
NTFD on SC-1.
    
    Dec  7 11:01:35.453151 osafntfd [464:ntfs_imcnutil.c:0316] TR 
handle_state_ntfimcn: Terminating osafntfimcnd process
    Dec  7 11:01:45.474313 osafntfd [464:ntfs_imcnutil.c:0124] TR   Termination 
timeout
    Dec  7 11:01:45.474375 osafntfd [464:ntfs_imcnutil.c:0130] << 
wait_imcnproc_termination: rc = -1, retry_cnt = 101
    Dec  7 11:01:45.474387 osafntfd [464:ntfs_imcnutil.c:0168] TR   Normal 
termination failed. Escalate to abort
    Dec  7 11:01:45.574703 osafntfd [464:ntfs_imcnutil.c:0172] TR   Imcn 
successfully aborted
    Dec  7 11:01:45.574712 osafntfd [464:ntfs_imcnutil.c:0187] << 
timedwait_imcn_exit    
~~~



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