On Friday 02 July 2010 17:30:19 Robert LeBlanc wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com> wrote: > > Hello Robert, > > > > Eric and I "finished" Bacula Enterprise version 4.0.0 today, a bit faster > > than > > I expected, so I am not running all the final tests, which gave me some > > time > > to look at the problem. > > > > I downloaded the zlib source code, and I don't immediately see anything > > in the > > file that would cause problems -- of course it is quite complicated code. > > > > I did look through the Bacula TLS code, and I noticed that the author did > > not > > properly set error conditions in Bacula when it finds an error on the > > comm line. This could cause Bacula to continue running, and might cause > > subsequent calls to openssl subroutines, when there is no valid data, and > > thus the seg fault. I still must test the changes I made. > > > > It is rather a long shot, but if you see that everytime that the SD > > crashes it > > is when there is a disrupted comm line problem, then it could well be the > > problem -- of course, if one has a good solid network, there should never > > be > > any "broken pipe" errors, which is possibly why we cannot see the > > problem. > > > > Having said this, I cannot rule out a problem on openssl at this point. > > It makes sense to me. I'm transferring the data over the university > network, so the network isn't terrible, however there are plenty of routers > and speed changes between the FD and SD. I don't know if some packets are > coming out of order and may be causing issues (TCP should reorder them > before the apps sees the data anyway). I was running a bond interface on > the SD in mode 6 over two different physical switch paths. I have since > stopped using bonding to see if things got better (not really any change). > > If you have branch I can pull, I would be happy to help test this.
I'm testing it now. I will let you know -- probably tomorrow or Sunday when I am sure that I did not break something ... Best regards, Kern > > Thanks, > > Robert LeBlanc > Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support > Brigham Young University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
