VM

Run-away IMAP processes

Bug #779856 reported by Uday Reddy
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VM
Fix Released
Low
Uday Reddy
VM 8.2.0a

Bug Description

When an IMAP session creation is forcibly exited, by C-g for example, sometimes the processes are left to lie around. Sometimes, these processes run in the background and consume resources.

The code in vm-imap-make-session is confusing. It sets a flag called shutdown to indicate that the process should be cleaned up. But it is hard to see the rationale for the way it is being set.

POP processes likely have the same issues as well.

Tags: imap

Related branches

lp:vm
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Uday Reddy (reddyuday) wrote :

Initial fix committed in revision 1221. Needs to be tested.

Changed in vm:
status: Triaged → In Progress
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John Hein (xpqheqdvq4) wrote :

1221 doesn't look like a fix for this??

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Uday Reddy (reddyuday) wrote :

Gosh, it looks like it is sitting on my home machine and hasn't been uploaded. I will do so over the weekend, but the revision number will change.

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Uday Reddy (reddyuday) wrote :

Right, the commit is back in revision 1221 now. The other revision got renumbered.

Changed in vm:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
milestone: 8.2.0 → 8.2.0a
Uday Reddy (reddyuday)
Changed in vm:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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