Re: cfagent hangs and eats 100 % CPU during evaluate command classes

[Thomas Glanzmann]

same thing on other machine:

faui00l:~# ps axuwww | grep cfagent
Warning: /boot/System.map has an incorrect kernel version.
root     32731  0.0  0.1  4100 1656 ?        S    09:00   0:00 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfagent -z
root     32734 95.3  0.1  4096 1656 ?        R    09:00 240:44 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfagent -z
root      2979  0.0  0.0  1336  436 pts/0    S    13:12   0:00 grep cfagent
faui00l:~# gdb /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent
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(gdb) attach 32734
Attaching to program: /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent, process 32734
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdb3.so.3...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdb3.so.3
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_nis.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_nis.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libpthread.so.0...done.
[New Thread 1024 (LWP 32734)]
Loaded symbols for /lib/libpthread.so.0
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_files.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libnss_files.so.2
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
0x4019620c in _init () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
(gdb) bt
#0  0x4019620c in _init () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#1  0x401996be in fork () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#2  0x0808b83f in cfpopen (command=0xbfffd6ec "/bin/grep -q 'Permedia 2' 
/proc/pci", type=0x809ec51 "r") at popen.c:76
#3  0x08065ad1 in SetClassesOnScript (execstr=0xbfffd6ec "/bin/grep -q 
'Permedia 2' /proc/pci", classes=0x812d3a8 "permedia", elseclasses=0x0, 
useshell=0) at misc.c:711
#4  0x08070e8e in InstallGroupRValue (item=0x8145cc8 "/bin/grep -q 'Permedia 2' 
/proc/pci", type=classscript) at install.c:1728
#5  0x0806737f in HandleGroupRValue (rval=0x8145cc8 "/bin/grep -q 'Permedia 2' 
/proc/pci") at parse.c:594
#6  0x0808911e in yylex () at cflex.l:373
#7  0x08083640 in yyparse () at /usr/share/bison/bison.simple:573
#8  0x08067d65 in ParseFile (filename=0xbfffecfc 
"/var/cfengine/inputs/cfagent.conf", env=0xbfffecfc 
"/var/cfengine/inputs/cfagent.conf") at parse.c:1012
#9  0x080664ba in ParseInputFile (file=0x81064a0 "cfagent.conf") at parse.c:75
#10 0x0804b13e in main (argc=2, argv=0xbffffd94) at cfagent.c:133
(gdb) detach
Detaching from program: /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent, process 32734
(gdb) faui00l:~# pkill -9 cfagent

Greetings,
        Thomas