Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:38:47 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 294288] sysutils/alloy: service alloy restart fails with stale pidfile Message-ID: <bug-294288-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=294288 Bug ID: 294288 Summary: sysutils/alloy: service alloy restart fails with stale pidfile Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Individual Port(s) Assignee: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: andy@codeedog.com CC: zach.leslie@grafana.com CC: zach.leslie@grafana.com Flags: maintainer-feedback?(zach.leslie@grafana.com) Behavior -------- `service alloy restart` fails intermittently with "already running?" after the stop phase completes. A second restart succeeds. The issue is consistent and reproducible on every first restart attempt after a clean start. To reproduce: `service alloy restart` Observed output: Stopping alloy. Waiting for PIDS: 11317. alloy already running? (pid=11317). A second restart will succeed. The pid file `/var/run/alloy.pid` persists after the alloy process exits. The start phase finds the stale pid file and refuses to start. Environment - FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p2 (amd64) - alloy-1.10.2_8 from pkg - Running inside a VNET jail (reproduces on host as well) Code Analysis ------------- Root Cause The rc.d script (`/usr/local/etc/rc.d/alloy`) is missing the `-f` flag on the `daemon(8)` invocation. Without `-f`, daemon forks the child process, writes the child PID to the pidfile, and exits immediately. No supervisor process remains to clean up the pidfile when the child exits. command_args="-S -T ${name} -p ${pidfile} /usr/bin/env ... Proposed Fix Two changes to `/usr/local/etc/rc.d/alloy`: 1. Add `-f` to `command_args` so daemon stays as supervisor: command_args="-f -S -T ${name} -p ${pidfile} /usr/bin/env ${procname} ${run} \ 2. Add `stop_postcmd` to remove the pidfile after stop: start_precmd=alloy_startprecmd stop_postcmd=alloy_stoppostcmd And add the function: alloy_stoppostcmd() { rm -f ${pidfile} } Testing Tested on FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p2 in a VNET jail. With the fix applied: - `service alloy restart` succeeds on every attempt - Three rapid successive restarts all succeed - `service jail restart` (full jail stop/start cycle) succeeds - daemon supervisor process visible in ps output - pidfile cleaned up after stop Unsure if Bug #292472 is related. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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