while true
do
  # Some extra safety
  if [ ! -h "$safe_mysql_unix_port" ]; then
    rm -f "$safe_mysql_unix_port"
  fi
  if [ ! -h "$pid_file" ]; then
    rm -f "$pid_file"
  fi

  start_time=`date +%M%S`

  eval_log_error "$cmd"

  if [ $want_syslog -eq 0 -a ! -f "$err_log" -a ! -h "$err_log" ]; then
    touch "$err_log"                    # hypothetical: log was renamed but not
    chown $user "$err_log"              # flushed yet. we'd recreate it with
    chmod "$fmode" "$err_log"           # wrong owner next time we log, so set
  fi                                    # it up correctly while we can!

  end_time=`date +%M%S`

  if test ! -f "$pid_file"              # This is removed if normal shutdown
  then
    break
  fi


  # sanity check if time reading is sane and there's sleep
  if test $end_time -gt 0 -a $have_sleep -gt 0
  then
    # throttle down the fast restarts
    if test $end_time -eq $start_time
    then
      fast_restart=`expr $fast_restart + 1`
      if test $fast_restart -ge $max_fast_restarts
      then
        log_notice "The server is respawning too fast. Sleeping for 1 second."
        sleep 1
        sleep_state=$?
          have_sleep=0
        fi

        fast_restart=0
      fi
    else
      fast_restart=0
    fi
  fi

  if true && test $KILL_MYSQLD -eq 1
  then
    # Test if one process was hanging.
    # This is only a fix for Linux (running as base 3 mysqld processes)
    # but should work for the rest of the servers.
    # The only thing is ps x => redhat 5 gives warnings when using ps -x.
    # kill -9 is used or the process won't react on the kill.
    numofproces=`ps xaww | grep -v "grep" | grep "$ledir/$MYSQLD\>" | grep -c "pid-file=$pid_file"`

    log_notice "Number of processes running now: $numofproces"
    I=1
    while test "$I" -le "$numofproces"
    do
      PROC=`ps xaww | grep "$ledir/$MYSQLD\>" | grep -v "grep" | grep "pid-file=$pid_file" | sed -n '$p'`

      for T in $PROC
      do
        break
      done
      #    echo "TEST $I - $T **"
      if kill -9 $T
      then
        log_error "$MYSQLD process hanging, pid $T - killed"
      else
        break
      fi
      I=`expr $I + 1`
    done
  fi
  log_notice "mysqld restarted"
done

log_notice "mysqld from pid file $pid_file ended"