[syslog-ng] exitcode=6 - explanation please

[Balazs Scheidler]

It might b a failed assertion by the child.
On Jun 6, 2013 5:06 PM, "Evan Rempel" <erempel at uvic.ca> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Evan Rempel <erempel at uvic.ca <mailto:
> erempel at uvic.ca>> wrote:
> >
> >       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.
> >
> >
> >     Does the exitcode=6 from the syslog-ng process indicate that a
> SIGABRT was received by syslog-ng?
> >
> >     If not, then what does it mean?
> >
> >     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.
> >
> >     Can anyone help me understand where the SIGABRT comes from?
> >
> >     Evan.
> >
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> Evan Rempel                                      erempel at uvic.ca
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