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Re: [PATCH] (updated) fix for ssh zombies introduced with r35533

From: Gavin Baumanis <gavinb_at_thespidernet.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 11:00:02 +1000

Hi Hyrum,

Thanks for the update.
I'll double check the issue and add the patch iif it's missing.

Gavin.

On 01/05/2009, at 10:41 PM, Hyrum K. Wright wrote:

> I'm currently testing (or rather, waiting for feedback from a couple
> of people who are testing) this patch in a large deployment with ssh
> connection sharing. I plan to continue tracking this, but in case I
> get hit by a bus, I believe the patch is attached to the issue, so
> it won't get lost.
>
> -Hyrum
>
> On May 1, 2009, at 5:55 AM, Gavin Baumanis wrote:
>
>> Ping. This patch proposal has received no comments and I haven't
>> noticed it being committed, either.
>>
>> Gavin.
>>
>>
>> On 22/04/2009, at 8:47 AM, Kyle McKay wrote:
>>
>>> [[[
>>> Fix ssh zombie problem introduced with revision 35533
>>>
>>> * subversion/libsvn_ra_svn/client.c
>>> (make_tunnel): Fully detach tunnel process to avoid having it
>>> receive signals while restoring the original
>>> apr_pool_note_subprocess to avoid creating zombies.
>>> ]]]
>>>
>>> Updated so that WIN32 behavior remains the same after applying this
>>> patch as it was after revision 35533. The earlier version of the
>>> patch inadvertently reverted WIN32 behavior to the pre-r35533 state.
>>>
>>> Kyle
>>>
>>>> As detailed in this thread:
>>>>
>>>> http://subversion.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=462&dsMessageId=1445592
>>>>
>>>> regarding the change introduced into client.c by revision 35533:
>>>>
>>>> http://svn.collab.net/viewvc/svn?view=revision&revision=35533
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 27, 2009, at 09:51, Hyrum K. Wright wrote:
>>>>> The case which drove r35533 was a user who uses ssh connection
>>>>> pooling for svn connections.
>>>>
>>>> Change r35533 removed the call to to apr_pool_note_subprocess
>>>> meaning that Subversion never reaps any of its children. This may
>>>> be okay for a short-lived process, but is not okay for a long-lived
>>>> process such as a GUI tool that has linked with the Subversion
>>>> library.
>>>>
>>>> If the GUI tool runs long enough, it can create so many un-reaped
>>>> zombie processes that system resources are exhausted and it becomes
>>>> impossible to spawn any new processes.
>>>>
>>>> The attached patch restores the original call to
>>>> apr_pool_note_subprocess thus guaranteeing no zombies are ever
>>>> created. It also arranges for the tunnel process to become
>>>> detached
>>>> so that it can "die in piece, in its own time, on its own terms" as
>>>> the log comment for revision 35533 mentions, but without causing
>>>> zombie processes to be created.
>>>>
>>>> This change retains full compatibility with ssh connection pooling
>>>> while eliminating the zombie problem. See issue #2580 for the
>>>> original impetus for the change made in revision 35533.
>>>>
>>>> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2580
>>>>
>>>> Kyle
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>> http://subversion.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=462&dsMessageId=1849826
>>> <client.c-patch_v2>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> http://subversion.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=462&dsMessageId=2012775
>

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