Just a stupid question here ... but spamd ... it should be okay with perl
5.5, right?  It doesn't require 5.6?  I'm going to guess that all of us
with FreeBSD are at 5.5 right now, since its not available in the 4.x tree
yet except through ports ...


On 13 Feb 2002, Craig Hughes wrote:

> The log below though showed both spamd processes forking, and then
> blocking, ie. apparently not getting passed the
>
> local $_ = <STDIN>;
>
> line.  I suppose this could be a problem with milter just not sending
> the data to spamc so it then in turn is forwarding nothing to spamd, and
> spamd is sitting there waiting for something to read from the socket,
> which never comes.  Do you see spamass-milter sending anything to spamc
> before it starts trying to read?
>
> C
>
> On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 10:59, Kirk Davis wrote:
> >     OK.   I have done some ktrace dumps on both the milter process and
> > the milter with childs (milter->spamc).  I'm not sure it is a problem with
> > spamc or spamd.  It seems to be the spamass-milter process.  The last thing
> > I see in common in both of these traces is a the spamass-milter trying to
> > read from the spamc process.
> >
> >     I am a good at perl but my C++ sucks.  If anyone wants to take a
> > look at these logs then just email me and I'll send you a copy. I'm going to
> > forward a copy on to Craig and Marc though.  I would be great if we can
> > squash this one bug.
> >
> > ---- Kirk
> >
> > Kirk Davis
> > Senior Network Analyst, ITS
> > Edmonton Public Schools
> > (780) 429-8308
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 10:35 AM
> > To: Craig Hughes
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Partial analysis of FreeBSD/spamass-milter hang
> > ...
> >
> >
> >
> > Okay, have added what I think are the appropriate FreeBSD mailing lists
> > for this, since I know I can't answer this :(
> >
> >
> > On 13 Feb 2002, Craig Hughes wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, any perl/BSD gurus out there?  It spawns a new process but then
> > > hangs trying to read STDIN from the new subprocess?  This is either a
> > > BSD bug or a perl-on-BSD bug, I think.  There might be a way to work
> > > around it though -- the trick would be to find some other forking tcp
> > > daemon which does work...
> > >
> > > C
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 19:07, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Okay, here you go ... a hang:
> > > >
> > > > ===============
> > > > logmsg: connection from earth.hub.org [ 64.49.215.11 ] at port 4329
> > > > logmsg: before spawn
> > > >
> > > > logmsg: after spawn
> > > >
> > > > logmsg: connection from earth.hub.org [ 64.49.215.11 ] at port 4331
> > > > logmsg: before spawn
> > > >
> > > > logmsg: after spawn
> > > >
> > > > =================
> > > >
> > > > And pertinent area of code:
> > > >
> > > > =================
> > > >     logmsg "before spawn\n";
> > > >     spawn sub {
> > > >         $|=1; # always immediately flush output
> > > >
> > > >         logmsg "after spawn\n";
> > > >         # First request line off stream
> > > >         local $_ = <STDIN>;
> > > >
> > > >         logmsg "got STDIN\n";
> > > >         if (!defined $_) {
> > > >             protocol_error ("(closed before headers)");
> > > >             return 1;
> > > >         }
> > > > =====================
> > > >
> > > > On 12 Feb 2002, Craig Hughes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Ok, interesting.  n(spamc)+1 spamd's means that the fork already
> > > > > happened for both spamd's.  Could you stick a trace on the spamd
> > process
> > > > > though instead of spamass-milter?  I'd like to try and figure out
> > where
> > > > > it's getting to before it gets stuck.  Possible alternative to ktrace
> > > > > (and possibly more useful) would be to add logging messages to the
> > spamd
> > > > > code just after where it forks to see how far it's getting before it
> > > > > jams up.
> > > > >
> > > > > C
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 18:08, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Don't know how helpful this will be, but, just started it up and
> > watched
> > > > > > it hang ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > According to /var/log/maillog, as previously noted, the hang is
> > based on a
> > > > > > simultaneous arrival of two messages:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Feb 12 22:01:53 earth sendmail[91753]: g1D21pkw091747:
> > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=cyrus,
> > pri=30679, relay=localhost, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
> > > > > > Feb 12 22:01:53 earth sendmail[91692]: g1D21bkw091692: Milter add:
> > header: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests= version=2.01
> > > > > > Feb 12 22:01:54 earth sendmail[91758]: g1D21bkw091692:
> > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=00:00:17, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=cyrus,
> > pri=138802, relay=localhost, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
> > > > > > Feb 12 22:02:01 earth sendmail[91780]: g1D21wkw091780:
> > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=13424, class=0, nrcpts=1,
> > msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, proto=ESMTP,
> > daemon=MTA, relay=mail2.stockwatch.com [207.102.62.11]
> > > > > > Feb 12 22:02:01 earth sendmail[91819]: g1D221kw091819: from=<>,
> > size=6395, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=zanaco.com [64.49.215.210]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > processes of hte spam programs shows:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > earth# ps ax | grep spam
> > > > > > 90082  ??  IsJ    0:00.10 /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/spamd -d -A
> > 64.49.215.11 -u nobody -s local1
> > > > > > 91784  ??  IJ     0:00.00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/spamd -d -A
> > 64.49.215.11 -u nobody -s local1
> > > > > > 91821  ??  IJ     0:00.00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/spamd -d -A
> > 64.49.215.11 -u nobody -s local1
> > > > > > 90171  p1  IJ     0:00.20 /usr/local/bin/spamass-milter
> > /var/run/spamass.sock
> > > > > > 91783  p1  IJ     0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/spamc
> > > > > > 91820  p1  IJ     0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/spamc
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And a tail end of a ktrace shows (before I killed off all the
> > processes),
> > > > > > using kdump -l:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >         (c) Copyright 2002 Canjex Publishing Ltd.
> > http://www.stockwatch.com\r
> > > > > >         \r
> > > > > >         \r
> > > > > >         \r
> > > > > >         \r
> > > > > >         \r
> > > > > >         \r
> > > > > >
> > **************************************************************************\r
> > > > > >           A fee was NOT paid to Stockwatch for the distribution of
> > this bulletin.\r
> > > > > >              THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY OR SELL ANY
> > SECURITY!\r
> > > > > >            To remove yourself from this mailing list, access this
> > URL:\r
> > > > > >                 http://www.stockwatch.com/sw/unsubscribe.dbm\r
> > > > > >              For more information about this service please contact
> > the\r
> > > > > >            advertising department at Stockwatch 800.268.NEWS or
> > 604.687.1500\r
> > > > > >
> > *************************************************************************a\r
> > > > > >         \r
> > > > > >        "
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   write 13228/0x33ac
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And, after killing them off:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > **************************************************************************\r
> > > > > >           A fee was NOT paid to Stockwatch for the distribution of
> > this bulletin.\r
> > > > > >              THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY OR SELL ANY
> > SECURITY!\r
> > > > > >            To remove yourself from this mailing list, access this
> > URL:\r
> > > > > >                 http://www.stockwatch.com/sw/unsubscribe.dbm\r
> > > > > >              For more information about this service please contact
> > the\r
> > > > > >            advertising department at Stockwatch 800.268.NEWS or
> > 604.687.1500\r
> > > > > >
> > *************************************************************************a\r
> > > > > >         \r
> > > > > >        "
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   write 13228/0x33ac
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  poll(0x80a2800,0x1,0)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   poll 1
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  write(0x6,0xbfacbe24,0x5)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter GIO   fd 6 wrote 5 bytes
> > > > > >        "\0\0\0\^Ac"
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   write 5
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  poll(0x80a2800,0x1,0)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   poll 1
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  read(0x6,0xbfacbde4,0x5)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter GIO   fd 6 read 5 bytes
> > > > > >        "\0\0\0\^AE"
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   read 5
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  fstat(0x9,0xbfacbd0c)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   fstat 0
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  close(0x9)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   close 0
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  read(0xa,0xbfacb994,0x400)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter PSIG  SIGTERM caught handler=0x2812c4b4
> > mask=0x0 code=0x0
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   read RESTART
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  sigreturn(0xbfacb6cc)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter RET   sigreturn JUSTRETURN
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter CALL  read(0xa,0xbfacb994,0x400)
> > > > > >  90171 spamass-milter PSIG  SIGKILL SIG_DFL
> > > > > > earth#
> > > > > >
> > > > > > does this help any?
> > > > > >
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