While changing my Postfix configuration, I stumbled on something weird.
One of Postfix's processes (master) runs all the time and keep a exclusive
write lock on $spool/pid/master.pid. When one does a reload, postfix-script
runs master with the ``-t'' argument which makes master try to get a lock on
the pid file.
Under 3.3-RELEASE, everything is fine, the lock can't be obtained and Postfix
knows it is already running.
Under -CURRENT (two days old), the lock IS OBTAINED, meaning Postfix thinks it
is not running.
3.3-RELEASE: OK
-=-=-=-
402 [22:56] root@sidhe:/etc/postfix# make
postfix reload
postfix-script: refreshing the Postfix mail system
404 [22:56] root@sidhe:spool/postfix# kdump|tail -20
8359 master RET getrlimit 0
8359 master CALL chdir(0x8057b28)
8359 master NAMI "/var/spool/postfix"
8359 master RET chdir 0
8359 master CALL access(0x805c3e8,0)
8359 master NAMI "pid/master.pid"
8359 master RET access 0
8359 master CALL open(0x805c3e8,0x2,0)
8359 master NAMI "pid/master.pid"
8359 master RET open 7
8359 master CALL fstat(0x7,0xbfbfd300)
8359 master RET fstat 0
8359 master CALL lstat(0x805c3e8,0xbfbfd2a0)
8359 master NAMI "pid/master.pid"
8359 master RET lstat 0
8359 master CALL flock(0x7,0x6)
8359 master RET flock -1 errno 35 Resource temporarily unavailable
8359 master CALL close(0x7)
8359 master RET close 0
8359 master CALL exit(0x1)
-=-=-=-
4.0-CURRENT: NOT OK
-=-=-=-
331 [22:55] root@keltia:spool/postfix# postfix reload
postfix-script: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
332 [22:56] root@keltia:spool/postfix# kdump|tail -20
14942 master RET gettimeofday 0
14942 master CALL getrlimit(0x1,0xbfbfd3d0)
14942 master RET getrlimit 0
14942 master CALL chdir(0x80589e8)
14942 master NAMI "/var/spool/postfix"
14942 master RET chdir 0
14942 master CALL access(0x805e248,0)
14942 master NAMI "pid/master.pid"
14942 master RET access 0
14942 master CALL open(0x805e248,0x2,0)
14942 master NAMI "pid/master.pid"
14942 master RET open 7
14942 master CALL fstat(0x7,0xbfbfd324)
14942 master RET fstat 0
14942 master CALL lstat(0x805e248,0xbfbfd2c4)
14942 master NAMI "pid/master.pid"
14942 master RET lstat 0
14942 master CALL flock(0x7,0x6) <<<<<<<< ?????
14942 master RET flock 0 <<<<<<<< ?????
14942 master CALL exit(0)
-=-=-=-
I've verified that it has a lock on 3.3-RELEASE but can't on CURRENT since
lsof is broken (sigh).
3.3-RELEASE:
405 [22:56] root@sidhe:spool/postfix# lsof pid/master.pid
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
master 7155 root 7uW VREG 0,131079 17 18615 pid/master.pid
^^^
Same Postfix versions on both. I even recompiled it on CURRENT.
406 [22:58] root@sidhe:spool/postfix# postconf mail_version
mail_version = Snapshot-19990912
333 [22:56] root@keltia:spool/postfix# postconf mail_version
mail_version = Snapshot-19990912
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Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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