observer inherits from JailThread + test cases for bad run;

fail2ban/server/jailthread.py

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class JailThread(Thread):
 		The time the thread sleeps for in the loop.
 	"""
 
-	def __init__(self):
-		super(JailThread, self).__init__()
+	def __init__(self, name=None):
+		super(JailThread, self).__init__(name=name)
 		## Control the state of the thread.
 		self.active = False
 		## Control the idle state of the thread.

fail2ban/server/observer.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2014 Serg G. Brester"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
 import threading
+from .jailthread import JailThread
 import os, logging, time, datetime, math, json, random
 import sys
 from ..helpers import getLogger
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ from .mytime import MyTime
 # Gets the instance of the logger.
 logSys = getLogger(__name__)
 
-class ObserverThread(threading.Thread):
+class ObserverThread(JailThread):
 	"""Handles observing a database, managing bad ips and ban increment.
 
 	Parameters
@@ -236,7 +237,6 @@ class ObserverThread(threading.Thread):
 	def start(self):
 		with self._queue_lock:
 			if not self.active:
-				self.active = True
 				super(ObserverThread, self).start()
 
 	def stop(self):

fail2ban/tests/observertestcase.py

@@ -551,16 +551,15 @@ class BanTimeIncrDB(unittest.TestCase):
 		# stop observer
 		obs.stop()
 
-class ObserverTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class ObserverTest(LogCaptureTestCase):
 
 	def setUp(self):
 		"""Call before every test case."""
-		#super(ObserverTest, self).setUp()
-		pass
+		super(ObserverTest, self).setUp()
 
 	def tearDown(self):
-		#super(ObserverTest, self).tearDown()
-		pass
+		"""Call after every test case."""
+		super(ObserverTest, self).tearDown()
 
 	def testObserverBanTimeIncr(self):
 		obs = ObserverThread()
@@ -592,3 +591,24 @@ class ObserverTest(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assertTrue(obs.is_alive())
 		obs.stop()
 		obs = None
+
+	class _BadObserver(ObserverThread):
+		def run(self):
+			raise RuntimeError('run bad thread exception')
+
+	def testObserverBadRun(self):
+		obs = ObserverTest._BadObserver()
+		# don't wait for empty by stop
+		obs.wait_empty = lambda v:()
+		# save previous hook, prevent write stderr and check hereafter __excepthook__ was executed
+		prev_exchook = sys.__excepthook__
+		x = []
+		sys.__excepthook__ = lambda *args: x.append(args)
+		obs.start()
+		obs.stop()
+		obs = None
+		self.assertTrue(self._is_logged("Unhandled exception"))
+		sys.__excepthook__ = prev_exchook
+		self.assertEqual(len(x), 1)
+		self.assertEqual(x[0][0], RuntimeError)
+		self.assertEqual(str(x[0][1]), 'run bad thread exception')