Issue #13000 has been updated by Stefan Schulte.
I'm not sure if your kernel is affected since I dont have an account to check the redhat bugreport that is mentioned in #7141. BUt #7141 does also mention a way to test your kernel: https://gist.github.com/441278 The kernel bug causes processes to hang if they are accessing files in `/proc` (or to be more precise the way ruby reads files in general triggers the bug on `/proc` files), And facter reads certain stuff from `/proc` and puppet seems to hang right when it would normally collect facts. ---------------------------------------- Bug #13000: puppet agent spawns a shell that gets defunc/zombie https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13000#change-56516 Author: Elias Abacioglu Status: Needs More Information Priority: Normal Assignee: Elias Abacioglu Category: agent Target version: Affected Puppet version: 2.7.11 Keywords: defunc zombie Branch: puppet agent spawns a shell that gets defunc/zombie and gets stuck there. Issue exists in both 2.7.6 and 2.7.11. I have activated debug. A successful run looks like this: Mar 6 01:27:02 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Retrieving plugin Mar 6 01:27:03 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb Mar 6 01:27:04 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb Mar 6 01:27:04 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/operatingsystemmajor.rb Mar 6 01:27:04 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/hpov.rb Mar 6 01:27:11 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Caching catalog for srzarnsas007.srz.se.tconet.net Mar 6 01:27:12 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Applying configuration version '1330976728' Mar 6 01:27:24 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Finished catalog run in 12.18 seconds A unsuccessful run looks like this: Mar 6 01:57:27 srzarnsas007 puppet-agent[492]: Retrieving plugin # ps aux --forest root 492 0.1 3.6 236172 142776 ? Ss Mar05 4:27 /opt/tc-puppet/bin/ruby /opt/tc-puppet/sbin/puppetd --verbose root 29210 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Mar06 0:00 \_ [sh] <defunct> # /opt/tc-puppet/bin/ruby --version ruby 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlevel 352) [x86_64-linux] -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
