Bug 2619

Summary: Can't add an observer to init (PID = 1)
Product: frysk Reporter: Len DiMaggio <ldimaggi>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned <frysk-bugzilla>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: normal CC: ajocksch
Priority: P1    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Host: Target:
Build: Last reconfirmed:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 1553    
Attachments: 2619 patch

Description Len DiMaggio 2006-04-28 14:17:25 UTC 
Can't add an observer to init (PID = 1)

I'm, wondering if the null value is related to Frysk looking for init's parent
process?

The error displayed is:

=================================
Frysk Core has reported the following errors

null

frysk.proc.LinuxTask.sendAttach (FryskGui)
frysk.proc.TaskState$1.handleAttach (FryskGui)
frysk.proc.Task.performAttach (FryskGui)
frysk.proc.ProcState$Attaching.initialState (FryskGui)
frysk.proc.ProcState$1.handleAddObservation (FryskGui)
frysk.proc.Proc.handleAddObservation (FryskGui)
frysk.proc.Proc$6.execute (FryskGui)
frysk.event.EventLoop.runEventLoop (FryskGui)
frysk.event.EventLoop.run (FryskGui)
frysk.gui.Gui$3.run (FryskGui)
java.lang.Thread.run (libgcj.so.7)
Comment 1 Len DiMaggio 2006-04-28 14:28:36 UTC 
Actually - it's failing for most processes - this bug may be premature as the
GUI may not be ready for real testing yet.
Comment 2 Andrew Cagney 2006-05-12 19:29:40 UTC 
Not allowed to attach to PID 1, need better error recovery when permission
denied - should notify GUI of failure rather than panic (all the hooks are ready).
Comment 3 Andrew Cagney 2006-05-30 06:47:02 UTC 
*** Bug 2586 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Stan Cox 2006-06-12 16:43:18 UTC 
With the current state of the druid there is no longer an obvious way to trigger
or test this since the druid only lists processes you own, and thus doesn't list
process init.
Comment 5 Stan Cox 2006-06-13 14:36:18 UTC 
Created attachment 1083 [details]
2619 patch
Comment 6 Stan Cox 2006-06-13 14:40:04 UTC 
Running frysk-gui as root still exhibits this problem.  This patch fixes it by
adding EPERM and then catching it in FryskGui.
Comment 7 Stan Cox 2006-06-14 02:35:12 UTC 
* LinuxTask.java (sendAttach):  Handle Errno.Eperm.
* Errno.java (Eperm): New.
* cni/Errno.cxx (throwErrno): Added EPERM.
Comment 8 Andrew Cagney 2006-06-15 15:49:42 UTC 
FYI, the core needs to handle this exception locally.
Comment 9 Andrew Cagney 2006-06-15 15:55:34 UTC 
*** Bug 2736 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Len DiMaggio 2006-06-23 18:21:15 UTC 
FYI - this bug is still present in Frysk as built from CVS head on June 21.
Comment 11 Len DiMaggio 2006-06-23 18:28:48 UTC 
Correction - what I meant to say was that if Frysk is run as root, the init
process still appears in the gui and can have observers attached to it.
Comment 12 Phil Muldoon 2006-11-28 15:37:37 UTC 
As of the RHEL5 latest rpm, the init process should not be in the druid as there
are filters in place to exclude it. Additionally, no process wil be shown that
does not match Manager.UID/GID == Process.UID/GID