[Opendnssec-user] kaspConnect() causes ods-enforcer brittleness

[Petr Spacek]

On 9.12.2015 12:59, Berry A.W. van Halderen wrote:
> On 12/09/2015 11:30 AM, Petr Spacek wrote:
>> On 8.12.2015 09:22, Havard Eidnes wrote:
>>> This makes ods-enforcer brittle, provides no automatic error
>>> recovery, and requires operator intervention to restart the
>>> now-dead enforcer.
>>>
>>> Again, this is with OpenDNSSEC 1.4.7, using sqlite3.
>>
>> I confirm that I have seen the very same issue.
>>
>> BTW what is the purpose of home-grown lock around SQL database? I did not dig
>> into it but I would somehow expect that SQL database can deal with access from
>> multiple processes...
>>
> 
> The database layer is being revamped in 2.0 (which is coming up soon
> enough now) and will probably will undergo more changes.  Hard to dig
> through all the historical decisions, but I know there was a wish not
> to be dependent on the database offering transactions or concurrent
> access.
> Also with the DOA layer in place the locks could be necessary.
> 
> This is something that could very well be reconsidered (or should IMO).

I would like to ask you for reconsideration, pretty please :-)

This is really causing operational problems in our environment.

-- 
Petr Spacek  @  Red Hat
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