Re: [Cfengine] Re: cfexecd, FatalError(), leaves cfagent burning 100% cpu

[Chip Seraphine]

On Wednesday 06 October 2004 09:57, Andrew Stribblehill wrote:
> Quoting Mark Burgess <Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no> (2004-10-06 15:50:15 BST):
> > I have not understood this discussion. What is -Q ?
> 
> -Q allows you to query the Cfagent-parsed configuration for
> variables. So:
> 
> # cfagent -Q sysadm,schedule
> sysadm=20:ads@womble.dur.ac.uk
> schedule=8[Min00_05]
> schedule=8[Min15_20]
> schedule=8[Min30_35]
> schedule=8[Min45_50]
> 
> This way, Cfagent doesn't need to know what Cfexecd considers to be
> special variables.

I like it.  Of course, I'd be even happier if cfexecd had its own config 
file-- all my  ReturnsZero()s in groups: always fire when cfexecd does it's 
"cfagent -z" calls.

> This wasn't actually the point of my message to you though, Mark.
> Because we broke the -Q code, one of the programs got into an
> infinite loop. The SIGPIPE handler wasn't masking out SIGPIPE calls,
> so the process was never exiting.
> 
> The two URLs I posted describe it in more detail.

Just wanted to confirm that cfagent infinite looping, using 100% CPU, and 
getting lots of SIGPIPEs also happens in Mandrake.  Several times a day one 
or more of my Mandrake boxes gets a 'stuck' cfagent and trussing it shows 
this:

chip@billy-11:50:35-/home/titan/chip$ sudo strace -p 4473 2>&1 | head  
Process 4473 attached - interrupt to quit
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40324ea0, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x40267718}, {0x808ec00, 
[PIPE], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x40267718}, 8) = 0
send(5, "<11>Oct  7 11:50:40 cfagent:  Re"..., 87, 0) = 87
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x808ec00, [PIPE], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x40267718}, 
NULL, 8) = 0
getuid32()                              = 0
time([1097167840])                      = 1097167840
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40324ea0, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x40267718}, {0x808ec00, 
[PIPE], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x40267718}, 8) = 0
send(5, "<11>Oct  7 11:50:40 cfagent:  Lo"..., 73, 0) = 73
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x808ec00, [PIPE], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x40267718}, 
NULL, 8) = 0
getuid32() 



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