[Opendnssec-develop] Re: [OpenDNSSEC] #243: Ods-signerd - drudger - seems unstable

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#243: Ods-signerd - drudger - seems unstable
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Reporter:  nick.vandenheuvel@…        |        Owner:  matthijs
    Type:  defect                     |       Status:  new     
Priority:  major                      |    Component:  Signer  
 Version:  1.3.0rc1                   |   Resolution:          
Keywords:                             |  
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Comment (by matthijs):

 Trying to figure out what is happening here.

 Basically, when calling hsm_create_context, the hsm main context is
 cloned. hsm_create_context() can return NULL if either the main context is
 NULL, or one of the sessions failed to clone.

 Cloning a session may fail if:
 * hsm_get_slot_id() does not return HSM_OK, or
 * libhsm could not retrieve the session handle and module, or
 * a new session could not be created.

 I am guessing that the problem is either in libhsm or you are hitting some
 limitation from the HSM.

 The fact that this bug sometimes is triggered and sometimes not, makes me
 think that there is a race condition.

 There are a couple of threads that try to create their own context.
 Thought: Could it be that libhsm cannot handle multiple cloning operations
 at the same time?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.opendnssec.org/ticket/243#comment:1>
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