The attached patch adds test cases to check for this case, along with a simpler similar test case for a file missing the ".conf" extension (which is tested elsewhere, but always worth checking again).
This shows that the failure is an assertion: test:job_class.c:153: Assertion failed in job_class_new: strlen (name) > 0 The backtrace in the inotify case is: #2 0x0000000000421e92 in job_class_new (parent=0x0, name=0x6494d0 "") at job_class.c:153 #3 0x000000000042d029 in parse_job (parent=0x0, name=0x6494d0 "", file=0x647390 "exec echo\nd", len=10, pos=0x7fffffff6ad8, lineno=0x7fffffff6ad0) at parse_job.c:297 #4 0x0000000000433e2b in conf_reload_path (source=0x6470d0, path=0x647460 "/tmp/test_conf.c-test_source_reload_job_dir-1053-11500/.conf") at conf.c:747 #5 0x00000000004337d3 in conf_create_modify_handler (source=0x6470d0, watch=0x648800, path=0x647460 "/tmp/test_conf.c-test_source_reload_job_dir-1053-11500/.conf", statbuf=0x7fffffff6bb0) at conf.c:563 And likewise in the non-inotify case there is a similar backtrace: #2 0x000000000042123a in job_class_new (parent=0x0, name=0x6466f0 "") at job_class.c:153 #3 0x000000000042c3d1 in parse_job (parent=0x0, name=0x6466f0 "", file=0x6476a0 "exec echo\nd", len=10, pos=0x7fffffff6ad8, lineno=0x7fffffff6ad0) at parse_job.c:297 #4 0x00000000004331d3 in conf_reload_path (source=0x6460d0, path=0x6473a0 "/tmp/test_conf.c-test_source_reload_job_dir-1585-11614/.conf") at conf.c:747 #5 0x0000000000432e90 in conf_file_visitor (source=0x6460d0, dirname=0x646180 "/tmp/test_conf.c-test_source_reload_job_dir-1585-11614", path=0x6473a0 "/tmp/test_conf.c-test_source_reload_job_dir-1585-11614/.conf", statbuf=0x7fffffff6ba0) at conf.c:647 #6 0x00007ffff7bd17b1 in ?? () from //lib/libnih.so.1 #7 0x00007ffff7bd1aef in nih_dir_walk () from //lib/libnih.so.1 #8 0x00000000004327d2 in conf_source_reload_dir (source=0x6460d0) at conf.c:439 #9 0x000000000043229c in conf_source_reload (source=0x6460d0) at conf.c:282 ** Patch added: "conf-file-test-cases.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/720573/+attachment/1856789/+files/conf-file-test-cases.patch ** Changed in: upstart Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: upstart Importance: Undecided => Critical -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720573 Title: Segmentation fault on ".conf" file in /etc/init -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs