[lxc-devel] [PATCH] RFC: commands: handle epipe
Dwight Engen
dwight.engen at oracle.com
Wed Mar 26 13:31:41 UTC 2014
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:04:59 -0500
Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Quoting Stéphane Graber (stgraber at ubuntu.com):
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 05:58:32PM -0400, Dwight Engen wrote:
> > > On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:50:06 -0500
> > > Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > If we start a lxc_wait on a container while it is exiting, it is
> > > > possible that we open the command socket, then the monitor
> > > > closes all its mainloop sockets and exit, then we send our
> > > > credentials. Then we get killed by SIGPIPE.
> > >
> > > Hey Serge, this is an interesting condition. I'm a bit confused
> > > where the race is, looking at lxc_wait it looks like we get the
> > > monitor open before opening the command socket with lxc_getstate,
> > > and the monitor shouldn't exit while we are still a client of it.
> >
> > It's a race which has been causing dozens of testrun failures on
> > the CI infrastructure, so it's reasonably easy to hit :)
> >
> > And I think Serge meant s/monitor/command/ in there, the SIGPIPE we
> > were getting was from the command socket when the container was
> > about to die and exit.
>
> Yeah, unfortunately I call the task which waits on the container init
> the 'container monitor'. Suppose I need a better name for it... But
> that's what it does :)
Yep, got it. I thought you meant monitord. Makes sense on the command
socket, thanks.
> > > > Handle that case, recognizing that if we get sigpipe then the
> > > > container is (now) stopped.
> > >
> > > This makes sense in general, so I agree with the change.
> > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > src/lxc/af_unix.c | 4 ++--
> > > > src/lxc/commands.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> > > > 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/src/lxc/af_unix.c b/src/lxc/af_unix.c
> > > > index a2de73e..46d8e50 100644
> > > > --- a/src/lxc/af_unix.c
> > > > +++ b/src/lxc/af_unix.c
> > > > @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int lxc_abstract_unix_send_fd(int fd, int
> > > > sendfd, void *data, size_t size) msg.msg_iov = &iov;
> > > > msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
> > > >
> > > > - return sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);
> > > > + return sendmsg(fd, &msg, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > int lxc_abstract_unix_recv_fd(int fd, int *recvfd, void *data,
> > > > size_t size) @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int
> > > > lxc_abstract_unix_send_credential(int fd, void *data, size_t
> > > > size) msg.msg_iov = &iov; msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
> > > >
> > > > - return sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);
> > > > + return sendmsg(fd, &msg, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > int lxc_abstract_unix_rcv_credential(int fd, void *data,
> > > > size_t size) diff --git a/src/lxc/commands.c
> > > > b/src/lxc/commands.c index 6b46c2c..b71274c 100644
> > > > --- a/src/lxc/commands.c
> > > > +++ b/src/lxc/commands.c
> > > > @@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ static int lxc_cmd(const char *name, struct
> > > > lxc_cmd_rr *cmd, int *stopped,
> > > > ret = lxc_abstract_unix_send_credential(sock,
> > > > &cmd->req, sizeof(cmd->req)); if (ret != sizeof(cmd->req)) {
> > > > + if (errno == EPIPE)
> > > > + goto epipe;
> > > > SYSERROR("command %s failed to send req to
> > > > '@%s' %d", lxc_cmd_str(cmd->req.cmd), offset, ret);
> > > > if (ret >=0)
> > > > @@ -271,8 +273,10 @@ static int lxc_cmd(const char *name, struct
> > > > lxc_cmd_rr *cmd, int *stopped, }
> > > >
> > > > if (cmd->req.datalen > 0) {
> > > > - ret = send(sock, cmd->req.data,
> > > > cmd->req.datalen, 0);
> > > > + ret = send(sock, cmd->req.data,
> > > > cmd->req.datalen, MSG_NOSIGNAL); if (ret != cmd->req.datalen) {
> > > > + if (errno == EPIPE)
> > > > + goto epipe;
> > > > SYSERROR("command %s failed to send
> > > > request data to '@%s' %d", lxc_cmd_str(cmd->req.cmd), offset,
> > > > ret); if (ret >=0)
> > > > @@ -289,6 +293,11 @@ out:
> > > > cmd->rsp.ret = sock;
> > > >
> > > > return ret;
> > > > +
> > > > +epipe:
> > > > + close(sock);
> > > > + *stopped = 1;
> > > > + return 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > int lxc_try_cmd(const char *name, const char *lxcpath)
> > >
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