Public bug reported: # lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic # journalctl | fgrep assertion Nov 11 01:34:14 logserver syslog-ng[11733]: ERROR:../../lib/logpipe.h:314:log_pipe_queue: assertion failed: ((s->flags & PIF_INITIALIZED) != 0) Nov 12 15:09:06 logserver syslog-ng[15136]: ERROR:../../lib/logpipe.h:314:log_pipe_queue: assertion failed: ((s->flags & PIF_INITIALIZED) != 0) Nov 14 02:15:32 logserver syslog-ng[18020]: ERROR:../../lib/logpipe.h:314:log_pipe_queue: assertion failed: ((s->flags & PIF_INITIALIZED) != 0) Nov 15 00:21:03 logserver syslog-ng[13852]: ERROR:../../lib/logpipe.h:314:log_pipe_queue: assertion failed: ((s->flags & PIF_INITIALIZED) != 0) Nov 16 05:00:04 logserver syslog-ng[28124]: ERROR:../../lib/logpipe.h:314:log_pipe_queue: assertion failed: ((s->flags & PIF_INITIALIZED) != 0) # dpkg -s syslog-ng | grep -i versi Version: 3.13.2-3
I have the following assertion from syslog-ng almost every day once. Since it's a log server for many other servers, it's not so great to have this problem. I've tried to google a bit, and found this: https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/pull/1858 So it seems the upstream's patch against exactly this problem, just a small quote: "File destination (time-reap) crash under immense load. The race is in the file destination between our queueing mechanism (affile_dd_queue()) and time-reap() (affile_dd_reap_writer()). Basically, time-reap() could deinitialize the writer while the queue (and the writer) was being used." A bug report of the syslog-ng team: https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/issues/1557 So, they seems to suggest to upgrade to 3.16.1 version of syslog-ng. However, in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, the syslog-ng is only version 3.13.2. Since it's an LTS version, I would suggest, to backport this patch, or better upgrade to newer syslog-ng version. It seems to be a race condition bug, affecting any users with greater load on logging, it seems, according to their descriptions. Thanks! ** Affects: syslog-ng (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1803690 Title: syslog-ng crashes with assertion in Ubuntu 18.04 server, seems to be a fixed issue in up-stream To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/syslog-ng/+bug/1803690/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
