[oe] [meta-networking][PATCH] openvpn: respect pid file in init.d service start

Fabian Klemp fabian.klemp at axino-group.com
Tue Jul 30 10:35:36 UTC 2019


openvpn only provides options to update a pid file but not to check it
for running processes. Consecutive issued start commands therefore lead
to multiple running processes with the same configurations, which is the
origin of all kinds of problems of which unnecessary resource usage is the least.

Using start-stop-daemon the pid file is inspected for running processes
before start.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Klemp <fabian.klemp at axino-group.com>
---
 .../recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn/openvpn          | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn/openvpn b/meta-networking/recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn/openvpn
index a3cd6a2f4..e5af4b230 100755
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn/openvpn
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/openvpn/openvpn/openvpn
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # <rob at mars.org>, edited by iwj and cs
 # Modified for openvpn by Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta <agi at agi.as>
 # Modified for restarting / starting / stopping single tunnels by Richard Mueller <mueller at teamix.net>
+# Modified for respecting pid file on service start by Fabian Klemp <fabian.klemp at axino-group.com>
 
 test $DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG && set -v -x
 
@@ -14,10 +15,17 @@ test -d $CONFIG_DIR || exit 0
 
 start_vpn () {
     modprobe tun >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    $DAEMON --daemon --writepid /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.pid \
-            --config $CONFIG_DIR/$NAME.conf --cd $CONFIG_DIR || echo -n " FAILED->"
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.pid \
+            --exec $DAEMON -- \
+            --daemon --writepid /var/run/openvpn.$NAME.pid \
+            --config $CONFIG_DIR/$NAME.conf --cd $CONFIG_DIR || rc="$?"
+    case $rc in
+        1) echo -n " ALREADY STARTED->";;
+        3) echo -n " FAILED->";;
+    esac
     echo -n " $NAME"
 }
+
 stop_vpn () {
    kill `cat $PIDFILE` || true
   rm $PIDFILE
-- 
2.20.1



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