Summary for Patch 275 (Verified)

Some linux kernels have problems with occasional hangs on futex locks.
This can cause an Open-iT process to hang completely, not even responding
to kills.  This patch makes check_daemon, which typically runs every hour
from crontab, able to detect and kill hanging daemons.  Without this
patch, check_daemon itself would hang, resulting in one new hanging process
each hour.
This patch is also prefered on non-linux hosts, as it makes check_daemon
more robust.

This patch is an update of patch 247.  It changes the default timeout
from 5 seconds to 60 seconds to avoid problems on overburdened hosts.
In addition it is now possible to enter a custom timeout in
/etc/opt/openit/openit.cfg using the variable "DAEMON_TIMEOUT".

Some linux kernels have problems with occasional hangs on futex locks.
This can cause an Open-iT process to hang completely, not even responding
to kills.  This patch makes check_daemon, which typically runs every hour
from crontab, able to detect and kill hanging daemons.  Without this
patch, check_daemon itself would hang, resulting in one new hanging process
each hour.
This patch is also prefered on non-linux hosts, as it makes check_daemon
more robust.