[syslog-ng] exitcode=6 - explanation please

[Evan Rempel]

Two comments.

1. I am running the OSE, so it would seem that the OSE can enter that code path :-)

2. Under what conditions would the supervisor send a SIGABRT to its child?

Evan.

On 06/06/2013 01:59 AM, Sandor Geller wrote:
> It's in lib/gprocess.c
>
> The supervisor process sends SIGABRT (most likely to dump core for further analysis) and switches to SIGKILL later when the daemon is still there. I don't see that the OSE could enter that code path so I assume you're using PE so I'm sure the BalaBit guys will follow up with you quite soon.
>
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> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Evan Rempel <erempel at uvic.ca <mailto:erempel at uvic.ca>> wrote:
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>       From time to time it seems as though syslog-ng crashes, and our logs show
>
>     supervise/syslog-ng[30493]: Daemon exited due to a deadlock/signal/failure, restarting; exitcode='6'
>
>     and then the syslog-ng process is restarted.
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>
>     Does the exitcode=6 from the syslog-ng process indicate that a SIGABRT was received by syslog-ng?
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>     If not, then what does it mean?
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>     If it does, I am trying to figure out who would send SIGABRT to the process. This is an uncommon signal
>     for the OS to send it (unlike SIGSEGV os SIGBUS) and no human sent it a signal.
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>     Can anyone help me understand where the SIGABRT comes from?
>
>     Evan.
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