Hi All,

I was able to download cronie patchlevel 10 from CentOS Stream and found 2 additional patches that are not included in AlmaLinux 8:

1) 0004-Fix-regression-in-handling-1-5-crontab-entries.patch

2) optimization_to_close_fds.patch (which is another approach to fix 100% CPU usage bug):

--- ./src/do_command.c  2023-09-07 09:40:32.016272074 +0200 +++ ./src/do_command.c  2023-09-07 09:43:04.938995232 +0200 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@  #include <string.h>  #include <sys/wait.h>  #include <unistd.h> +#include <dirent.h>

#include "externs.h"  #include "funcs.h" @@ -239,10 +240,26 @@                 {                         char *shell = env_get("SHELL", jobenv);                         int fd, fdmax = getdtablesize(); +                       DIR *dir; +                       struct dirent *dent;

-                       /* close all unwanted open file descriptors */ -                       for(fd = STDERR + 1; fd < fdmax; fd++) { -                               close(fd); +                       /* +                        * if /proc is mounted, we can optimize what fd can be closed, +                        * but if it isn't available, fall back to the previous behavior. +                        */ +                       if ((dir = opendir("/proc/self/fd")) != NULL) { +                               while ((dent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) { +                                       if (!strcmp(dent->d_name, ".") || !strcmp(dent->d_name, "..")) +                                               continue; +                                       fd = atoi(dent->d_name); +                                       if (fd > STDERR_FILENO) +                                               close(fd); +                                       } +                       } else { +                               /* close all unwanted open file descriptors */ +                               for(fd = STDERR + 1; fd < fdmax; fd++) { +                                       close(fd); +                               }                         }

#if DEBUGGING

The problem is important, prevents from using cronjobs.

Nobody answers here and in the chat, no way to set up a ticket, patches from CentOS are not included. Is AlmaLinux supported at all?

Best regards, Alexander Gerasimov Chief Technical Officer CodeIT