[Pkg-openldap-devel] Bug#688797: Bug#688797: openldap 2.4.23 and 2.4.31 slapd server process frequently stops during everyday use

[Quanah Gibson-Mount]

--On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:35 PM +0100 Jose Calhariz 
<jose.calhariz at ist.utl.pt> wrote:

> Package: slapd
> Version: 2.4.31-1~bpo60+2
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream
>
>
> During normal day use the slapd daemon stops and have to be restarted by
> a watchdog daemon.   This problem is present on openldap 2.4.23 and on
> 2.4.31 (private backport from wheezy).
>
>> From a previous investigation with 2.4.23 this is a problem of deadlocks
>> in Berleckey DB.
> The backport was in the hope that this was the bug #618904.  But our
> problem is still  present on 2.4.31.
>
> Exists information from a "db*_stat -CA" that I will send in the next
> email.

What version of BDB are you linked to?  There are consistent reports of 
deadlock issues with BDB 5.3.  I would recommend against using that version 
of BDB.  4.7.25+patches has been solid for me.  All indications with the 
BDB deadlock issue in 5.3 is that it is a BDB bug, and thus nothing to do 
with OpenLDAP.  It may exist in other 5.x versions of BDB.

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Sr. Member of Technical Staff
Zimbra, Inc
A Division of VMware, Inc.
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