[BlueOnyx:18364] Re: 5209R: Another app is currently holding the xtables lock

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Hi Michael,

On 9/17/2015 12:55 PM, Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> So for 5209R the Active Monitor component uses this instead:
>
> $status = `iptables -w -L -n|grep "^Chain TDENY"|wc -l 2>&1`;
>
> Which is the same, but with the addition of the "-w" switch. Which
> doesn't exist on EL6 or EL5.
>
> The sad part: It still buggers out eventually if an exclusive lock
> cannot be obtained and then it throws the "Another app is currently
> holding the xtables lock; waiting for it to exit..." message.
>
> I'm royally displeased with this behavior and am exploring other options
> at the moment how we can get it to work properly on CentOS7 without
> these spurious messages. Once I have it figured out I'll publish an update.

Alright! I'm glad that we're not the only one seeing the behavior.

Thanks for having a look.  We will let our customer know it's not fatal.

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