[Bug 1618009] [NEW] using loadavg function in sysinfo.c errors out sometimes

[Lily Rivers]

Public bug reported:

Lines 379 - 383 in sysinfo.c have the following code:

if (sscanf(buf, "%lf %lf %lf", &avg_1, &avg_5, &avg_15) < 3) {
	fputs("bad data in " LOADAVG_FILE "\n", stderr);
	free(savelocale);
	exit(1);
    }

At random, a program will exit when calling this function. If the
function succeeds the first time, it will succeed in all other attempts
to read /proc/loadavg. The file /proc/loadavg contains 5 numbers so
maybe only the first 3 should be read and the rest should just be
discarded.

** Affects: procps (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  using loadavg function in sysinfo.c errors out sometimes

Status in procps package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Lines 379 - 383 in sysinfo.c have the following code:

  if (sscanf(buf, "%lf %lf %lf", &avg_1, &avg_5, &avg_15) < 3) {
  	fputs("bad data in " LOADAVG_FILE "\n", stderr);
  	free(savelocale);
  	exit(1);
      }

  At random, a program will exit when calling this function. If the
  function succeeds the first time, it will succeed in all other
  attempts to read /proc/loadavg. The file /proc/loadavg contains 5
  numbers so maybe only the first 3 should be read and the rest should
  just be discarded.

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