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Since commit 53f52e67a0 ("BUG/MEDIUM: queue: always dequeue the backend when
redistributing the last server"), we've got two reports again still showing
the theoretically impossible condition in pendconn_add(), including a single
threaded one.
Thanks to the traces, the issue could be tracked down to the redispatch part.
In fact, in non-determinist LB algorithms (RR, LC, FAS), we don't perform the
LB if there are pending connections in the backend, since it indicates that
previous attempts already failed, so we directly return SRV_STATUS_FULL. And
contrary to a previous belief, it is possible to meet this condition with
be->served==0 when redispatching (and likely with maxconn not greater than
the number of threads).
The problem is that in this case, the entry is queued and then the
pendconn_must_try_again() function checks if any connections are currently
being served to detect if we missed a race, and tries again, but that
situation is not caused by a concurrent thread and will never fix itself,
resulting in the loop.
All that part around pendconn_must_try_again() is still quite brittle, and
a safer approach would involve a sequence counter to detect new arrivals
and dequeues during the pendconn_add() call. But it's more sensitive work,
probably for a later fix.
This fix must be backported wherever the fix above was backported. Thanks
to Patrick Hemmer, as well as Damien Claisse and Basha Mougamadou from
Criteo for their help on tracking this one!
HAProxy
HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.
Installation
The INSTALL file describes how to build HAProxy. A list of packages is also available on the wiki.
Getting help
The discourse and the mailing-list are available for questions or configuration assistance. You can also use the slack or IRC channel. Please don't use the issue tracker for these.
The issue tracker is only for bug reports or feature requests.
Documentation
The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for ease of use. It is available in text format as well as HTML. The wiki is also meant to replace the old architecture guide.
Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for:
- INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
- BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
- LICENSE for the project's license
- CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions
The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory:
- doc/intro.txt for a quick introduction on HAProxy
- doc/configuration.txt for the configuration's reference manual
- doc/lua.txt for the Lua's reference manual
- doc/SPOE.txt for how to use the SPOE engine
- doc/network-namespaces.txt for how to use network namespaces under Linux
- doc/management.txt for the management guide
- doc/regression-testing.txt for how to use the regression testing suite
- doc/peers.txt for the peers protocol reference
- doc/coding-style.txt for how to adopt HAProxy's coding style
- doc/internals for developer-specific documentation (not all up to date)
License
HAProxy is licensed under GPL 2 or any later version, the headers under LGPL 2.1. See the LICENSE file for a more detailed explanation.