Symptoms are: After mysql server upgrades + restarts the old mysqld_safe keeps running and consumes 100% cpu, strace shows:
14:18:18.789847 wait4(4294967295, 0x7fffb3b3d59c, 0, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
14:18:18.789920 wait4(4294967295, 0x7fffb3b3d59c, 0, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
14:18:18.789992 wait4(4294967295, 0x7fffb3b3d59c, 0, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
For more info see the dupes, particularily bug 105457. Does not happen always, for reliable test case see below.
Symptoms are: After mysql server upgrades + restarts the old mysqld_safe keeps running and consumes 100% cpu, strace shows:
14:18:18.789847 wait4(4294967295, 0x7fffb3b3d59c, 0, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
14:18:18.789920 wait4(4294967295, 0x7fffb3b3d59c, 0, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
14:18:18.789992 wait4(4294967295, 0x7fffb3b3d59c, 0, NULL) = -1 ECHILD (No child processes)
For more info see the dupes, particularily bug 105457. Does not happen always, for reliable test case see below.
This is a bug (race condition) in dash, fixed by http:// git.kernel. org/?p= utils/dash/ dash.git; a=commit; h=3800d4934391b 144fd261a7957ae a72ced7d47ea .
TEST CASE: Script in the commit message (link above). Allows to reproduce this always, even on Karmic still.
SRU JUSTIFICATION: Obviously safe patch.
PATCH: Attached, run mysqld_safe in bash instead of dash.
REGRESSION POTENTIAL: Minimal. 1) Bash is a superset of dash. 2) Before dash became the default sh, bash was used, we just revert that change.
NOTES: mysqld_safe will be replaced by an upstart job. But Hardy has support for 3 more years, justifiying a fix.