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-rw-r--r--Makefile.am3
-rw-r--r--config_test/Makefile10
-rw-r--r--config_test/child_test.c77
-rwxr-xr-xconfig_test/run_tests16
-rw-r--r--configure.in16
-rw-r--r--plugins/popen.c27
6 files changed, 147 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a7c5ffc6..cc46a465 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ SUBDIRS = intl lib plugins plugins-scripts m4 po
EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath \
ABOUT-NLS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORS BUGS CHANGES CODING FAQ LEGAL \
REQUIREMENTS SUPPORT THANKS \
- NPTest.pm contrib pkg nagios-plugins.spec
+ NPTest.pm contrib pkg nagios-plugins.spec \
+ config_test/Makefile config_test/run_tests config_test/child_test.c
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
diff --git a/config_test/Makefile b/config_test/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..295696e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_test/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+all: child_test.c
+ gcc -o child_test child_test.c
+
+test:
+ ./run_tests 10
+
+clean:
+ rm -f child_test
+
diff --git a/config_test/child_test.c b/config_test/child_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7d82106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_test/child_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Base code taken from http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/unix/fork.html
+// Fix for redhat suggested by Ptere Pramberger, peter@pramberger.at
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+void popen_sigchld_handler (int);
+int childtermd;
+
+int main(){
+ char str[1024];
+ int pipefd[2];
+ pid_t pid;
+ int status, died;
+
+ if (signal (SIGCHLD, popen_sigchld_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
+ printf ("Cannot catch SIGCHLD\n");
+ _exit(-1);
+ }
+
+ pipe (pipefd);
+ switch(pid=fork()){
+ case -1:
+ printf("can't fork\n");
+ _exit(-1);
+
+ case 0 : // this is the code the child runs
+ close(1); // close stdout
+ // pipefd[1] is for writing to the pipe. We want the output
+ // that used to go to the standard output (file descriptor 1)
+ // to be written to the pipe. The following command does this,
+ // creating a new file descripter 1 (the lowest available)
+ // that writes where pipefd[1] goes.
+ dup (pipefd[1]); // points pipefd at file descriptor
+ // the child isn't going to read from the pipe, so
+ // pipefd[0] can be closed
+ close (pipefd[0]);
+
+ //These are the commands to run, with success commented. dig and nslookup only problems
+ //execl ("/bin/date","date",0); // 100%
+ //execl ("/bin/cat", "cat", "/etc/hosts", 0); // 100%
+ //execl ("/usr/bin/dig", "dig", "redhat.com", 0); // 69%
+ //execl("/bin/sleep", "sleep", "1", 0); // 100%
+ execl ("/usr/bin/nslookup","nslookup","redhat.com",0); // 90% (after 100 tests), 40% (after 10 tests)
+ //execl ("/bin/ping","ping","-c","1","localhost",0); // 100%
+ //execl ("/bin/ping","ping","-c","1","192.168.10.32",0); // 100%
+ _exit(0);
+
+ default: // this is the code the parent runs
+
+ close(0); // close stdin
+ // Set file descriptor 0 (stdin) to read from the pipe
+ dup (pipefd[0]);
+ // the parent isn't going to write to the pipe
+ close (pipefd[1]);
+ // Now read from the pipe
+ fgets(str, 1023, stdin);
+ //printf("1st line output is %s\n", str);
+
+ //while (!childtermd); // Uncomment this line to fix
+
+ died= wait(&status);
+ //printf("died=%d status=%d\n", died, status);
+ if (died > 0) _exit(0);
+ else _exit(1);
+ }
+}
+
+void
+popen_sigchld_handler (int signo)
+{
+ if (signo == SIGCHLD) {
+ //printf("Caught sigchld\n");
+ childtermd = 1;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/config_test/run_tests b/config_test/run_tests
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e41db232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config_test/run_tests
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/ksh
+
+i=0
+success=0
+fail=0
+while [[ $i -lt $1 ]] ; do
+ ./child_test
+ if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then
+ success=$(($success+1))
+ else
+ fail=$((fail+1))
+ fi
+ i=$(($i+1))
+done
+print "Success=$success Fail=$fail"
+[[ $fail -gt 0 ]] && exit 1
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5453fe1d..4f9dc1c9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1520,6 +1520,22 @@ AC_SUBST(DEPLIBS)
AM_GNU_GETTEXT([no-libtool], [need-ngettext])
AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5)
+dnl Check for Redhat spopen problem
+dnl Wierd problem where ECHILD is returned from a wait call in error
+dnl Only appears to affect nslookup and dig calls. Only affects redhat around
+dnl 2.6.9-11 (okay in 2.6.9-5). Redhat investigating root cause
+dnl We patch plugins/popen.c
+if echo $ac_cv_uname_r | egrep "\.EL$" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for redhat spopen problem)
+ ( cd config_test && make && make test ) > /dev/null 2>&1
+ if test $? -eq 0 ; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(okay)
+ else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(error)
+ AC_DEFINE(REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR, 1, "Problem on redhat with spopen")
+ fi
+fi
+
dnl External libraries - see ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
np_COREUTILS
np_CURL
diff --git a/plugins/popen.c b/plugins/popen.c
index 062cf274..f6810691 100644
--- a/plugins/popen.c
+++ b/plugins/popen.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ extern FILE *child_process;
FILE *spopen (const char *);
int spclose (FILE *);
+#ifdef REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR
+RETSIGTYPE popen_sigchld_handler (int);
+#endif
RETSIGTYPE popen_timeout_alarm_handler (int);
#include <stdarg.h> /* ANSI C header file */
@@ -67,6 +70,10 @@ char *pname = NULL; /* caller can set this from argv[0] */
/*extern pid_t *childpid = NULL; *//* ptr to array allocated at run-time */
static int maxfd; /* from our open_max(), {Prog openmax} */
+#ifdef REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR
+static volatile int childtermd = 0;
+#endif
+
FILE *
spopen (const char *cmdstring)
{
@@ -171,6 +178,12 @@ spopen (const char *cmdstring)
if (pipe (pfderr) < 0)
return (NULL); /* errno set by pipe() */
+#ifdef REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR
+ if (signal (SIGCHLD, popen_sigchld_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
+ usage4 (_("Cannot catch SIGCHLD"));
+ }
+#endif
+
if ((pid = fork ()) < 0)
return (NULL); /* errno set by fork() */
else if (pid == 0) { /* child */
@@ -220,6 +233,10 @@ spclose (FILE * fp)
if (fclose (fp) == EOF)
return (1);
+#ifdef REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR
+ while (!childtermd); /* wait until SIGCHLD */
+#endif
+
while (waitpid (pid, &status, 0) < 0)
if (errno != EINTR)
return (1); /* error other than EINTR from waitpid() */
@@ -239,8 +256,16 @@ static int openmax = 0;
#define OPEN_MAX_GUESS 256 /* if OPEN_MAX is indeterminate */
/* no guarantee this is adequate */
+#ifdef REDHAT_SPOPEN_ERROR
+RETSIGTYPE
+popen_sigchld_handler (int signo)
+{
+ if (signo == SIGCHLD)
+ childtermd = 1;
+}
+#endif
-void
+RETSIGTYPE
popen_timeout_alarm_handler (int signo)
{
int fh;