From 7743cc44fa62430b8b2e3f1efcef427d2ce922fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenny Lee Sin Cheong <kenny.lee@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 13:26:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Handle exceptions when trying to start resolver thread

---
 util/ipresolver/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/util/ipresolver/__init__.py b/util/ipresolver/__init__.py
index ce71f8ac3..c55ca2d11 100644
--- a/util/ipresolver/__init__.py
+++ b/util/ipresolver/__init__.py
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ class IPResolver(IPResolverInterface):
 
   def _get_location_function(self):
     if not self.app.config.get('TESTING', False) and not self._worker.is_alive():
-      self._worker.start()
+      try:
+        self._worker.start()
+      except:
+        logger.exception('Got exception try to start ip resolver thread')
     try:
       cache = CACHE
       sync_token = cache.get('sync_token', None)