Re: [PATCH 2/4] rpc.gssd: don't call printerr from signal handler

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On Jul 31, 2012, at 2:00 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:

> From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> printerr() isn't actually safe to call from a signal handler.  It might
> be possible to make it so, but I think this is the only case in
> nfs-utils where we try to, and I'm not convince it's worth it.
> 
> This fixes a bug that would eventually cause mounts to hang when gssd
> is run with -vv.

Yes, I've seen this hang.  gssd gets stuck on a futex() with -vv or higher.

> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> utils/gssd/gssd_main_loop.c |    4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/utils/gssd/gssd_main_loop.c b/utils/gssd/gssd_main_loop.c
> index 9954ffb..6914687 100644
> --- a/utils/gssd/gssd_main_loop.c
> +++ b/utils/gssd/gssd_main_loop.c
> @@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ extern int pollsize;
> 
> static volatile int dir_changed = 1;
> 
> -static void dir_notify_handler(int sig)
> +static void dir_notify_handler(__attribute__((unused))int sig)
> {
> -	printerr(2, "dir_notify_handler: sig %d\n", sig);
> -
> 	dir_changed = 1;
> }
> 
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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