pkg_delete and malloc debugging (Re: port register/unregister hogs
up resources and takes forever)
Kris Kennaway
kris at obsecurity.org
Sat Oct 1 16:26:29 PDT 2005
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:24:17PM +0300, Alexandru Balan wrote:
> rebuilding pkgdb or port INDEX and hellknowswhat) and nothing whatsoever
> helps. Running (for example) strace pkg_delete -v ymessenger* shows the
> process in some sort of loop like the one in the attach.
>
> I would pkg_delete * at this point and reinstall every package if it
> didn't take forever at each port ;(
>
>
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> fstat(3, {st_mode=0150320, st_size=15046755950319947984, ...}) = 0
> read(3, "@comment PKG_FORMAT_REVISION:1.1"..., 4096) = 1525
> close(3) = 0
> lstat("<D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0><D0>
This looks like the signature of malloc debugging exposing a memory
use bug. I wonder if some of the recent changes to pkg_tools might be
to blame (CC'ing Kirill)? Try disabling it with
ln -sf aj /etc/malloc.conf
If it "fixes" it, it's only a workaround, but it points the way to the
solution.
Kris
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