ssh: Fix server crashes for exit-normal signals

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ssh/src/ssh_connection_handler.erl b/lib/ssh/src/ssh_connection_handler.erl
index fc75945a5b..60008b6301 100644
--- a/lib/ssh/src/ssh_connection_handler.erl
+++ b/lib/ssh/src/ssh_connection_handler.erl
@@ -1280,8 +1280,21 @@ handle_event(info, {'DOWN', _Ref, process, ChannelPid, _Reason}, _, D0) ->
     {keep_state, D, Repls};
 
 %%% So that terminate will be run when supervisor is shutdown
-handle_event(info, {'EXIT', _Sup, Reason}, _, _) ->
-    {stop, {shutdown, Reason}};
+handle_event(info, {'EXIT', _Sup, Reason}, StateName, _) ->
+    Role = role(StateName),
+    if
+	Role == client ->
+	    %% OTP-8111 tells this function clause fixes a problem in
+	    %% clients, but there were no check for that role.
+	    {stop, {shutdown, Reason}};
+
+	Reason == normal ->
+	    %% An exit normal should not cause a server to crash. This has happend...
+	    keep_state_and_data;
+
+	true ->
+	    {stop, {shutdown, Reason}}
+    end;
 
 handle_event(info, check_cache, _, D) ->
     {keep_state, cache_check_set_idle_timer(D)};