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Date:      Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:38:21 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl>
Cc:        Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Bringing sanity to the RPC/NFS related scripts
Message-ID:  <4F36370D.7@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120210110356.GA6723@stack.nl>
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I'm copying delphij since this is in part related to the patch he posted
back in August. I had a chance to review that in detail (thanks Jilles
for the pointer) and I agree that his approach is the right one, it just
doesn't go far enough. :)

The attached patch encompasses his work (with modifications as described
below), my previous patch, the idea I had for the always_force_depends
knob, and the change requested by Jilles.

I also sorted the first few vars in the yp* scripts ... they were in
various weird orders, with the problem being that rcvar was often set
after load_rc_config.

The idea of putting the logic for testing whether or not the service is
enabled and the forcestatus bit into a function is definitely the right
way to go. delphij's original patch cut out a lot of code from the rc.d
scripts, and this patch cuts out even more. Hopefully making
force_depend both more useful and easier to use will encourage more use
of it.

I did take one slightly different choice with the syntax for overloading
force_depend .... rather than having to feed it the full rcvar (like
foo_bar_enable) I changed it to leave off the _enable bit in the
argument since it's redundant to include it every time.


Doug


On 02/10/2012 03:03, Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 03:19:58PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Thanks for the review, comments below, with snipping.
> 
>> On 02/08/2012 15:08, Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 11:28:55PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> 
>>>> and b) the test for "is it running?" is conditional on it not
>>>> being _enable'd, which is counterproductive for a couple of reasons. (I
>>>> can elaborate if necessary, but hopefully it's obvious?) So I'd like to
>>>> propose removing the _enable check from all the relevant scripts that
>>>> have this force_depend capability.  For users who already have _enable
>>>> for these services it will cause one extra call to forcestatus for them,
>>>> but given that rc.d currently has no other way to ensure that required
>>>> dependencies are running, I think it's worth it.
> 
>>> This was discussed in August 2011 but no patch was committed. See
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-rc/2011-August/002412.html
> 
>>> The existing code makes a lot of sense for the case [ -n "${rc_fast}" ]
>>> (avoiding unnecessary slow checks for processes at boot) but may be less
>>> convenient for starting such services manually. The patch appears to fix
>>> the manual start case without slowing down boot, unlike bluntly removing
>>> checkyesno which will slow down boot.
> 
>> I understand the motivation not to slow down the boot, however the
>> problems we're seeing with "random" statd failures are at boot time. So
>> perhaps the right answer is to include the fast_depend idea but with an
>> override to always do the check.
> 
> Hmm, so statd sometimes does not feel like starting the first time, but
> is willing the second time? That would be a bug that should not be
> worked around with that extra check.
> 
>> Also, I've only taken a cursory glance at the patch (I'll have more time
>> to review it later) but it seems to me that rather than introducing a
>> new function it would be better to have force_depend test for $rc_fast
>> (and it could then also test for the override knob I'd like to add). Any
>> objections to that?
> 
> No objection.
> 
>>>> Index: mountd
>>>> ===================================================================
>>>> --- mountd	(revision 231185)
>>>> +++ mountd	(working copy)
>>>> [snip]
>>>> @@ -49,7 +47,6 @@
>>>>  
>>>>  	rm -f /var/db/mountdtab
>>>>  	( umask 022 ; > /var/db/mountdtab )
>>>> -	return 0
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>>  load_rc_config $name
> 
>>> Note that this changes the return value of mountd_precmd if
>>> /var/db/mountdtab cannot be created. Is this deliberate?
> 
>> Yes, since mountd relies on that. Do you think it's overkill? Perhaps it
>> would be better to add an '|| err ...' to explain the failure?
> 
> That's probably safer, since a subsequent modification may not take into
> account that the redirection is deliberately last.
> 
> If this change is conscious, that's fine.
> 



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Index: share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
===================================================================
--- share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	(revision 231503)
+++ share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	(working copy)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 8, 2012
+.Dd February 11, 2012
 .Dt RC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -149,6 +149,19 @@
 adequate provisions to recover from a failed boot
 (such as physical contact with the machine,
 or reliable remote console access).
+.It Va always_force_depends
+.Pq Vt bool
+Various
+.Pa rc.d
+scripts use the force_depend function to check whether required
+services are already running, and to start them if necessary.
+By default during boot time this check is bypassed if the
+required service is enabled in
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf[.local] .
+Setting this option will bypass that check at boot time and
+always test whether or not the service is actually running.
+Enabling this option is likely to increase your boot time if
+services are enabled that utilize the force_depend check.
 .It Va swapfile
 .Pq Vt str
 If set to
Index: etc/defaults/rc.conf
===================================================================
--- etc/defaults/rc.conf	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf	(working copy)
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 			# stages of the boot process.  Make sure you know
 			# the ramifications if you change this.
 			# See rc.conf(5) for more details.
+always_force_depends="NO"	# Set to check that indicated dependencies are
+				# running during boot (can increase boot time).
 
 swapfile="NO"		# Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired.
 apm_enable="NO"		# Set to YES to enable APM BIOS functions (or NO).
Index: etc/rc.d/ypset
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/ypset	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/ypset	(working copy)
@@ -11,25 +11,20 @@
 
 name="ypset"
 rcvar="nis_ypset_enable"
+
+load_rc_config $name
+
 command="/usr/sbin/${name}"
-start_precmd="ypset_precmd"
-load_rc_config $name
 command_args="${nis_ypset_flags}"
 
+start_precmd="ypset_precmd"
+
 ypset_precmd()
 {
 	local _domain
 
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
-	if ! checkyesno nis_client_enable && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/ypbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend ypbind || return 1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
+	force_depend ypbind nis_client || return 1
 
 	_domain=`domainname`
 	if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
Index: etc/rc.d/mountd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/mountd	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/mountd	(working copy)
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@
 
 mountd_precmd()
 {
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
 
 	# mountd flags will differ depending on rc.conf settings
 	#
@@ -48,8 +44,8 @@
 	fi
 
 	rm -f /var/db/mountdtab
-	( umask 022 ; > /var/db/mountdtab )
-	return 0
+	( umask 022 ; > /var/db/mountdtab ) ||
+	    err 1 'Cannot create /var/db/mountdtab'
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
Index: etc/rc.d/yppasswdd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/yppasswdd	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/yppasswdd	(working copy)
@@ -11,27 +11,22 @@
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="yppasswdd"
-command="/usr/sbin/rpc.${name}"
-start_precmd="yppasswdd_precmd"
+rcvar="nis_yppasswdd_enable"
 
 load_rc_config $name
-rcvar="nis_yppasswdd_enable"
+
+command="/usr/sbin/rpc.${name}"
 command_args="${nis_yppasswdd_flags}"
 
+start_precmd="yppasswdd_precmd"
+
 yppasswdd_precmd()
 {
 	local _domain
 
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
-	if ! checkyesno nis_server_enable && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/ypserv forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend ypserv || return 1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
+	force_depend ypserv nis_server || return 1
+	
 	_domain=`domainname`
 	if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
 		warn "NIS domainname(1) is not set."
Index: etc/rc.d/ypupdated
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/ypupdated	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/ypupdated	(working copy)
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 name="ypupdated"
 rcvar="rpc_ypupdated_enable"
+
+load_rc_config $name
+
 command="/usr/sbin/rpc.${name}"
 start_precmd="rpc_ypupdated_precmd"
 
@@ -18,16 +21,8 @@
 {
 	local _domain
 
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
-	if ! checkyesno nis_server_enable && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/ypserv forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend ypserv || return 1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
+	force_depend ypserv nis_server || return 1
 
 	_domain=`domainname`
 	if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
@@ -36,5 +31,4 @@
 	fi
 }
 
-load_rc_config $name
 run_rc_command "$1"
Index: etc/rc.d/nfsd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/nfsd	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/nfsd	(working copy)
@@ -48,31 +48,15 @@
 
 		if checkyesno nfsv4_server_enable; then
 			sysctl vfs.nfsd.server_max_nfsvers=4 > /dev/null
-			if ! checkyesno nfsuserd_enable  && \
-			    ! /etc/rc.d/nfsuserd forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-			then
-				if ! force_depend nfsuserd; then
-					err 1 "Cannot run nfsuserd"
-				fi
-			fi
+			force_depend nfsuserd || err 1 "Cannot run nfsuserd"
 		else
 			echo 'NFSv4 is disabled'
 			sysctl vfs.nfsd.server_max_nfsvers=3 > /dev/null
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
-
-	if ! checkyesno mountd_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/mountd forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend mountd || return 1
-	fi
-	return 0
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
+	force_depend mountd || return 1
 }
 
 run_rc_command "$1"
Index: etc/rc.d/ypbind
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/ypbind	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/ypbind	(working copy)
@@ -11,22 +11,20 @@
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="ypbind"
-command="/usr/sbin/${name}"
-start_precmd="ypbind_precmd"
+rcvar="nis_client_enable"
 
 load_rc_config $name
-rcvar="nis_client_enable"
+
+command="/usr/sbin/${name}"
 command_args="${nis_client_flags}"
 
+start_precmd="ypbind_precmd"
+
 ypbind_precmd()
 {
 	local _domain
 
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
 
 	_domain=`domainname`
 	if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
Index: etc/rc.d/ypserv
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/ypserv	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/ypserv	(working copy)
@@ -11,21 +11,20 @@
 
 name="ypserv"
 rcvar="nis_server_enable"
-command="/usr/sbin/${name}"
-start_precmd="ypserv_prestart"
 
 load_rc_config $name
+
+command="/usr/sbin/${name}"
 command_args="${nis_server_flags}"
 
+start_precmd="ypserv_prestart"
+
 ypserv_prestart()
 {
 	local _domain
 
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
+
 	_domain=`domainname`
 	if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
 		warn "NIS domainname(1) is not set."
Index: etc/rc.d/ypxfrd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/ypxfrd	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/ypxfrd	(working copy)
@@ -11,25 +11,20 @@
 
 name="ypxfrd"
 rcvar="nis_ypxfrd_enable"
+
+load_rc_config $name
+
 command="/usr/sbin/rpc.${name}"
-start_precmd="ypxfrd_precmd"
-load_rc_config $name
 command_args="${nis_ypxfrd_flags}"
 
+start_precmd="ypxfrd_precmd"
+
 ypxfrd_precmd()
 {
 	local _domain
 
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
-	if ! checkyesno nis_server_enable && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/ypserv forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend ypserv || return 1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
+	force_depend ypserv nis_server || return 1
 
 	_domain=`domainname`
 	if [ -z "$_domain" ]; then
Index: etc/rc.d/amd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/amd	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/amd	(working copy)
@@ -19,16 +19,9 @@
 
 amd_precmd()
 {
-	if ! checkyesno nfs_client_enable; then
-		force_depend nfsclient || return 1
-	fi
+	force_depend nfsclient nfs_client || return 1
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
 
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
-
 	case ${amd_map_program} in
 	[Nn][Oo] | '')
 		;;
@@ -49,7 +42,6 @@
 		command_args="> /var/run/amd.pid 2> /dev/null"
 		;;
 	esac
-	return 0
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
Index: etc/rc.d/keyserv
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/keyserv	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/keyserv	(working copy)
@@ -19,13 +19,7 @@
 
 keyserv_prestart()
 {
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable  && \
-		! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || return 1
-	fi
-
-	return 0
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
Index: etc/rc.d/apmd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/apmd	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/apmd	(working copy)
@@ -19,24 +19,18 @@
 {
 	case `${SYSCTL_N} hw.machine_arch` in
 	i386)
-		# Enable apm if it is not already enabled
-		if ! checkyesno apm_enable  && \
-		    ! /etc/rc.d/apm forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-		then
-			force_depend apm || return 1
-		fi
+		force_depend apm || return 1
 
 		# Warn user about acpi apm compatibility support which
 		# does not work with apmd.
 		if [ ! -e /dev/apmctl ]; then
-		    warn "/dev/apmctl not found; kernel is missing apm(4)"
+			warn "/dev/apmctl not found; kernel is missing apm(4)"
 		fi
 		;;
 	*)
 		return 1
 		;;
 	esac
-	return 0
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
Index: etc/rc.d/lockd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/lockd	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/lockd	(working copy)
@@ -15,28 +15,16 @@
 rcvar=rpc_lockd_enable
 command="/usr/sbin/rpc.${name}"
 start_precmd='lockd_precmd'
-stop_precmd='checkyesno nfs_server_enable || checkyesno nfs_client_enable'
-status_precmd=$stop_precmd
 
 # Make sure that we are either an NFS client or server, and that we get
 # the correct flags from rc.conf(5).
 #
 lockd_precmd()
 {
-	local ret
-	ret=0
-
-	if ! checkyesno nfs_server_enable && ! checkyesno nfs_client_enable
-	then
-		ret=1
-	fi
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || ret=1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
+	force_depend statd rpc_statd || return 1
+	
 	rc_flags=${rpc_lockd_flags}
-	return ${ret}
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
Index: etc/rc.d/statd
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/statd	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.d/statd	(working copy)
@@ -15,28 +15,15 @@
 rcvar=rpc_statd_enable
 command="/usr/sbin/rpc.${name}"
 start_precmd='statd_precmd'
-stop_precmd='checkyesno nfs_server_enable || checkyesno nfs_client_enable'
-status_precmd=$stop_precmd
 
 # Make sure that we are either an NFS client or server, and that we get
 # the correct flags from rc.conf(5).
 #
 statd_precmd()
 {
-	local ret
-	ret=0
-
-	if ! checkyesno nfs_server_enable && ! checkyesno nfs_client_enable
-	then
-		ret=1
-	fi
-	if ! checkyesno rpcbind_enable && \
-	    ! /etc/rc.d/rpcbind forcestatus 1>/dev/null 2>&1
-	then
-		force_depend rpcbind || ret=1
-	fi
+	force_depend rpcbind || return 1
+	
 	rc_flags=${rpc_statd_flags}
-	return ${ret}
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
Index: etc/rc.subr
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.subr	(revision 231503)
+++ etc/rc.subr	(working copy)
@@ -71,22 +71,29 @@
 }
 
 #
-# force_depend script
+# force_depend script [rcvar]
 #	Force a service to start. Intended for use by services
-#	to resolve dependency issues. It is assumed the caller
-#	has check to make sure this call is necessary
+#	to resolve dependency issues.
 #	$1 - filename of script, in /etc/rc.d, to run
+#	$2 - name of the script's rcvar (minus the _enable)
 #
 force_depend()
 {
+	local _depend _dep_rcvar
+
 	_depend="$1"
+	_dep_rcvar="${2:-$1}_enable"
 
+	[ -n "$rc_fast" ] && ! checkyesno always_force_depends &&
+	    checkyesno $_dep_rcvar && return 0
+
+	/etc/rc.d/${_depend} forcestatus >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0
+
 	info "${name} depends on ${_depend}, which will be forced to start."
 	if ! /etc/rc.d/${_depend} forcestart; then
 		warn "Unable to force ${_depend}. It may already be running."
 		return 1
 	fi
-	return 0
 }
 
 #

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