[collectd] Modbus segfault

[collectd at faxm0dem.org]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 04:02:53PM +0200, collectd at faxm0dem.org wrote:
> Just to check in with you guys having the issue.
> I am having the exact same behaviour on a RHEL5 host, and Stefan's patch
> solved the connection segfault. I will test the patched plugin for some time
> and report back.

After a week of data collection I can say this plugin is not stable.
It works well when starting collectd, but eventually fails with the
following message:

"Modbus plugin: modbus_read_registers (w.x.y.z) failed. Giving up."

The message is repeated endlessly, and only restarting collectd helps.