Bug 41469

Bug: 41469

Impact:

Critical

Product:

GemStone/S 64 Bit

Versions:

2.4.8, 2.4.7, 2.4.6, 2.4.5.1, 2.4.5, 2.4.4.8, 2.4.4.7, 2.4.4.6, 2.4.4.5, 2.4.4.4, 2.4.4.3, 2.4.4.2, 2.4.4.1, 2.4.4, 2.4.3, 2.4.2, 2.4.1, 2.4

Platform:

All

Fixed In:

3.0

waitstone may report stone ready during restart after crash

When the stone is restarted following a crash, it performs recovery from
tranlogs. During this period, waitstone may incorrectly report that the
stone is ready for logins.

This is most dangerous in the presence of bug #41462, in which logins are
allowed during recovery; any commits during the recovery process can permanently
corrupt the repository.

Workaround

Do not use waitstone as a test for login. Waiting until startstone returns
is a safe test that the stone is ready for login. startstone will not return
to the prompt until recovery is complete.