Re: (ITS#6331) slapd freezing, not accepting further 'write' operations while 'read' operations are unaffected

[j@telepaths.org]

Thanks for responding, Pierangelo.

I am asking (begging) my chief engineer to entertain this idea.  Will  
report back ASAP.

Thanks,

Jeff


On Oct 14, 2009, at 11:52 AM, masarati@aero.polimi.it wrote:

>> Version: 2.4.17
>
>> Occasionally, I will find one of my servers (running Debian/Lenny  
>> with
>> back-ported slapd version 2.4.17) in a state where the following  
>> occurs:
>>
>>  * Write operations will 'freeze' - leaving the requester at a frozen
>> prompt or
>> frozen LDAP-client of some kind (from wherever the write-operation
>> originated).
>>  * slapd refuses to 'stop', even though it indicates that its  
>> waiting for
>> "0"
>> processes to complete.
>>  * Logs do not indicate a segfault nor any poorly terminated  
>> processes.
>>  * Read operations on same server continue to function normally.  
>> Any data
>> that
>> existed before the "freeze" is returned as it should be.
>
> You probably hit ITS#6276, which was fixed in 2.4.18.  Can you  
> upgrade and
> test?
>
> p.
>