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unionfs-fuse process never stopped after close terminal in config mode
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Description

For reproducing, connect to the router via ssh 10 times, enter in configuration mode and close terminal.
Checked on 1.2.5, 1.2.6-s1, Rolling VyOS 1.3-rolling-202011080217

vyos@r1-1.2.6:~$ ps ax | grep unio
 2675 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_2654=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_2654
 2797 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_2777=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_2777
 2919 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_2899=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_2899
 3041 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_3021=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_3021
 3163 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_3143=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_3143
 3285 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_3265=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_3265
 3407 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_3387=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_3387
 3529 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_3509=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_3509
 3651 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_3631=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_3631
 3773 ?        Ssl    0:00 unionfs-fuse -o cow -o allow_other /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/changes_only_3753=RW:/opt/vyatta/config/active=RO /opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_3753
 3907 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep unio
vyos@r1-1.2.6:~$

It can hang for months.

Details

Version
VyOS 1.3-rolling-202011080217
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

As discussed in Slack channel, these leftover processes should be cleaned up the next time configuration mode is entered (by UnionfsCstore::setupSession). In my limited testing, I can reproduce the leftover processes as above, but they are cleaned up the next time I enter config mode. There may well be corner cases where this mechanism is not successful, but I have not reproduced.

erkin set Issue type to Bug (incorrect behavior).Aug 29 2021, 12:19 PM
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