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FS#18492 - [netcfg] netcfg-wpa_actiond should take down active profile when is stopped

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tom (reztho) - Sunday, 28 February 2010, 11:33 GMT
Last edited by James Rayner (iphitus) - Sunday, 21 November 2010, 02:39 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To James Rayner (iphitus)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

If netcfg-wpa_actiond is stopped, for example, as a consequence of stopping net-auto-wireless, it will kill wpa_supplicant and set the rfkill state to disabled if needed. But it isn't aware the user could have some PRE_DOWN and POST_DOWN lines for the active profile, so they aren't triggered with the current behaviour of netcfg-wpa_actiond.

In my case I mount some cifs shares with the active profile and when I shutdown my computer since cifs shares aren't unmounted when the internet connection was still active, it will take ages to shutdown totally.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
2.5.4-1

A patch is attached for a temporary fix. You'll know better where is the correct place to fix it.

Steps to reproduce:
- Add a POST_UP line where you mount a cifs share and a PRE_DOWN line where you unmount it in your active netcfg profile.
- Shutdown the computer.
   netcfg-wpa_actiond_gracefully... (0.5 KiB)
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Closed by  James Rayner (iphitus)
Sunday, 21 November 2010, 02:39 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  Limitation of wpa_actiond
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 17:29 GMT
The current profile is brought down (or should be) when wpa_actiond is being killed.

However, PRE_DOWN and PRE_UP cannot work here in general, as you don't know in advance when you will loose the connection. While this does work in case of a daemon stop, supporting this will generate the false impression that PRE_DOWN and PRE_UP will always work, which we cannot guarantee. If am therefore against implementing this workaround. In general, auto-wireless can only support POST_UP and POST_DOWN events.

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