[Twisted-Python] stopping a twistd daemon: SIGTERM or SIGKILL

[Justin Venus]

I experienced a similar issue with a rather large twisted daemon.  I ended
up installing my own signal handler and issued a triggerSystemEvent to stop
the twisted services.  I can point you towards my code if you want to
pursue that route.

Justin Venus
On Jul 24, 2012 10:21 PM, "Tom Sheffler" <tom.sheffler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Twisted Folks,
>
> We use monit to start and stop our twistd daemons.  I have set up monit to
> restart some of the daemons when they grow too large.  I use the following
> command:
>
>     /bin/bash -c 'kill -s SIGTERM `cat /var/run/sensrtunw/sensrtunw.pid`'
>
> Occasionally, this is unsuccessful in killing the twistd process, and I
> need to use a SIGKILL manually as a last resort.
>
> Any ideas why?
>
> I believe the SIGTERM method will do a clean shutdown, calling the
> appropriate stopService methods.  This would be the preferred method.
>
> The only thing that comes to mind is that the process does have a very few
> threads ... I believe these are the database connections.  Could there be a
> race condition that prevents twistd from stopping?  Shall I simply use
> SIGKILL in all cases?
>
> Suggestions or comments appreciated.
> -Tom
>
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