[PATCH v2] t_server_null: run server processes with 'ulimit -t 300'
Gert Doering <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:46:37 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.openvpn.devel |
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"ulimit -t" will hard limit the usable CPU time for any process started to the specified number of seconds. So if we have a stuck-and-looping server process (which was observed frequently) this will make sure the situation will fix itself eventually. Change-Id: I7e5ac9b4a8594251c3b5c4655f9d74b021950098 Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]> Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <[email protected]> Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/777 --- This change was reviewed on Gerrit and approved by at least one developer. I request to merge it to master. Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/777 This mail reflects revision 2 of this Change. Signed-off-by line for the author was added as per our policy. Acked-by according to Gerrit (reflected above): Arne Schwabe <[email protected]> diff --git a/tests/t_server_null_server.sh b/tests/t_server_null_server.sh index acf8479..40ce94b 100755 --- a/tests/t_server_null_server.sh +++ b/tests/t_server_null_server.sh @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ # Allow reading this file even umask values are strict touch "$log" + # limit CPU time of processes to "5 minutes" + # (so a stuck-and-looping process will auto-terminate) + ulimit -t 300 + if [ -z "${RUN_SUDO}" ]; then "${server_exec}" \ $server_conf \