[yocto] [yocto-autobuilder][PATCH] cleanup and restart crashed vnc server

Joshua G Lock joshua.g.lock at linux.intel.com
Wed Aug 17 09:12:40 PDT 2016


On Wed, 2016-08-17 at 16:09 +0000, Randle, William C wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2016-08-17 at 16:59 +0100, Joshua G Lock wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2016-08-16 at 17:09 -0700, Bill Randle wrote:
> > > Use a common script to check for a running vnc server, and if not
> > > running
> > > cleanup dangling lock files and restart the server.
> > > 
> > > [YOCTO #8210]
> > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bill Randle <william.c.randle at intel.com>
> > > ---
> > > > > >  bin/checkvnc                                                   |
10
> > > ++++++++++
> > > > > >  .../site-packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunESDKSanityTests.py
|  3
> > > +--
> > > > > >  .../site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunOeSelftest.py      |  3
> > > +--
> > > > > >  .../site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSDKSanityTests.py  |  3
> > > +--
> > > > > >  .../site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSanityTests.py     |  3
> > > +--
> > >  5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > >  create mode 100755 bin/checkvnc
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/bin/checkvnc b/bin/checkvnc
> > > new file mode 100755
> > > index 0000000..574ba48
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/bin/checkvnc
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> > > +#!/bin/sh
> > > +#
> > > > > > +# check if vnc server is running, and if not, cleanup and
restart
> > > +#
> > > +pid=$(pidof Xvnc)
> > > +if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
> > > +    echo "Xvnc not running, attempting restart"
> > > +    vncserver -kill :1
> > > +    vncserver
> > 
> > > > The vncserver is currently started with `vncserver :1`, whereas
this
> > script just calls `vncserver` — is that intentional/desirable?
> > 
> > > > Would it be a little cleaner/more robust if we didn't assume only
one
> > > > Xvnc instance was running and instead write the pid of the process
we
> > start to a file and use that file to check the status?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Joshua
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > The vncserver program is a shell script and uses :1 as the default
display.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > > > The pid of Xvnc is written to a file already. The problem is, if Xvmc
crashes, the pid file (and lock file) are left around, so just
looking at the pid file existance, you can't tell if it's actually
running or not.
> 


Can we read the pid from the pidfile and do the tidy up if the process
isn't running? My main concern here is that we assume only a single
instance of Xvnc is running, I'm not sure if that is a safe assumption
to make?

Thanks,

Joshua

> > > > 
>     - Bill

> 


> > > > 
> > > 
+fi
diff --git a/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunESDKSanityTests.py
b/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunESDKSanityTests.py
index 7471d3d..c16c8c2 100644
--- a/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunESDKSanityTests.py
+++ b/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunESDKSanityTests.py
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ class RunESDKSanityTests(BitbakeShellCommand):
         layerversion = self.getProperty("layerversion_core")
         command = ""
         command = command + ". ./oe-init-build-env; "
-        command = command + "netstat -an | grep -q 5901 ;"
-        command = command + 'if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "Starting a
VNC server on :1"; vncserver :1; else echo "Will use a VNC server
already running on :1"; fi;'
+        command = command + "checkvnc; "
         if layerversion and int(layerversion) >= 7:
             command = command + "echo 'INHERIT += \"testsdk\"' >>
./conf/auto.conf;"
             command = command + "echo 'TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT =
\"1500\"' >> ./conf/auto.conf;"
diff --git a/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunOeSelftest.py
b/lib/python2.7/site-packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunOeSelftest.py
index 809bcc3..84d32fe 100644
--- a/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunOeSelftest.py
+++ b/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunOeSelftest.py
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ class RunOeSelftest(ShellCommand):
     def start(self):
         self.command = ""
         self.command += ". ./oe-init-build-env; "
-        self.command += "netstat -an | grep -q 5901 ;"
-        self.command += "if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo 'Starting a VNC
server on :1'; vncserver :1; else echo 'Will use a VNC server already
running on :1'; fi;"
+        self.command += "checkvnc; "
         if self.tests == None:
             self.command += "if [ -d ../meta-selftest ]; then export
DISPLAY=:1; oe-selftest --run-all-tests; else echo 'Skipping step -
no meta-selftest layer here'; fi"
         else:
diff --git a/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSDKSanityTests.py
b/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSDKSanityTests.py
index 9b6eb5b..6fb3127 100644
--- a/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSDKSanityTests.py
+++ b/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSDKSanityTests.py
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ class RunSDKSanityTests(BitbakeShellCommand):
         layerversion = self.getProperty("layerversion_core")
         command = ""
         command = command + ". ./oe-init-build-env; "
-        command = command + "netstat -an | grep -q 5901 ;"
-        command = command + 'if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "Starting a
VNC server on :1"; vncserver :1; else echo "Will use a VNC server
already running on :1"; fi;'
+        command = command + "checkvnc; "
         if layerversion and int(layerversion) >= 6:
             command = command + "echo 'INHERIT += \"testimage\"' >>
./conf/auto.conf;"
             command = command + "echo 'TEST_QEMUBOOT_TIMEOUT =
\"1500\"' >> ./conf/auto.conf;"
diff --git a/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSanityTests.py
b/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSanityTests.py
index 4fa6dac..81e20cd 100644
--- a/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSanityTests.py
+++ b/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/autobuilder/buildsteps/RunSanityTests.py
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ class RunSanityTests(BitbakeShellCommand):
         distro = self.getProperty("DISTRO")
         command = ""
         command = command + ". ./oe-init-build-env; "
-        command = command + "netstat -an | grep -q 5901 ;"
-        command = command + 'if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "Starting a
VNC server on :1"; vncserver :1; else echo "Will use a VNC server
already running on :1"; fi;'
+        command = command + "checkvnc; "
         if distro == "poky-lsb" and layerversion and
int(layerversion) < 6:
             command = "echo 'Skipping step.'"
         elif layerversion and int(layerversion) > 1:




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