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From:
Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org>
Subject:
Re: fix relayd desynchronization upon config reload
To:
tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:11:41 -0400

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On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 11:45:40AM -0400, Mark Johnston wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 03:33:38PM -0400, Mark Johnston wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Apologies in advance for the long email.  The patch below fixes a
> > problem we occasionally see where relayd exits with an assertion failure
> > following a SIGHUP or relayctl reload.  Before that, I give some
> > background and explain how my patch tries to solve the crashes.  I'd be
> > interested in any feedback on the bug or the patch.  Thanks in advance
> > to anyone willing to take a look.
> 
> Is anyone interested in reviewing this patch or suggesting an
> alternative solution?  I understand that the problem description is
> rather long, but the patch is not very complicated at the end of the
> day, and I'd be happy to explain further if that would be helpful.  It
> took some time to understand and fix the problem, so it'd be nice to
> save someone else the same pain down the road.

Hello, just a gentle nudge in case anyone is interested in picking this
up at some point.