Changeset 75623 in vbox for trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit

Timestamp:

Nov 20, 2018 4:36:10 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

svn:sync-xref-src-repo-rev:

126800

Message:

testdriver/vboxinstaller.py: Solaris experiment - restart svc.configd after uninstall to prevent it getting sluggish.

File:

• trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vboxinstaller.py (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vboxinstaller.py

@@ -716 +716 @@
         sRsp = self._generateAutoResponseOnSolaris();
         fRc, _ = self._sudoExecuteSync(['pkgrm', '-n', '-a', sRsp, 'SUNWvbox']);
+
+        #
+        # Restart the svc.configd as it has a tendency to clog up with time and
+        # become  unresponsive.  It will handle SIGHUP by exiting the sigwait()
+        # look in the main function and shut down the service nicely (backend_fini).
+        # The restarter will then start a new instance of it.
+        #
+        time.sleep(1); # Give it a chance to flush pkgrm stuff.
+        self._sudoExecuteSync(['pkill', '-HUP', 'svc.configd']);
+        time.sleep(5); # Spare a few cpu cycles it to shutdown and restart.
+
         return fRc;