[tor-bugs] #9862 [Stem]: Tor hangs because stem isn't reading its stdout
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Thu May 29 17:02:35 UTC 2014
#9862: Tor hangs because stem isn't reading its stdout
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Reporter: zwol | Owner: atagar
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: Stem | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: controller
Actual Points: | Parent ID:
Points: |
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Comment (by zwol):
Replying to [comment:20 atagar]:
> > I'm sorry - to me, that so obviously won't work that I didn't even
register it as a question. If you do that, the Tor process will get a
SIGPIPE and crash the very next time it writes to its stdout (resp.
stderr).
>
> Hi zwol. Are you sure about this? I just tried making this tweak...
>
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/atagar/stem.git/commitdiff/4f38835
>
> ... and Stem's integ tests pass.
Tor ''could'' contain code to gracefully handle its stdout/stderr/other
log files being closed out from under it, in which case this would work
fine; but I don't actually know if it does this. I don't have time to dig
into it this week.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9862#comment:21>
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