From c411d5719adf7a1240dce4b2f142485fa168eb57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Remi Gacogne <remi.gacogne@powerdns.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:51:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] dnsdist: Create the default pool early, before parsing the
 configuration

(cherry picked from commit e9da418978236be775ee39aca49b71afce52f645)
---
 pdns/dnsdist.cc | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pdns/dnsdist.cc b/pdns/dnsdist.cc
index 8a53e2b8fb..e6805eea6e 100644
--- a/pdns/dnsdist.cc
+++ b/pdns/dnsdist.cc
@@ -3270,6 +3270,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
     dnsdist::g_asyncHolder = std::make_unique<dnsdist::AsynchronousHolder>();
 
+    /* create the default pool no matter what */
+    {
+      auto localPools = g_pools.getCopy();
+      createPoolIfNotExists(localPools, "");
+      g_pools.setState(localPools);
+    }
+
     auto todo = setupLua(*(g_lua.lock()), false, false, g_cmdLine.config);
 
     setupPools();
@@ -3355,8 +3362,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     }
 
     auto localPools = g_pools.getCopy();
-    /* create the default pool no matter what */
-    createPoolIfNotExists(localPools, "");
     if (!g_cmdLine.remotes.empty()) {
       for (const auto& address : g_cmdLine.remotes) {
         DownstreamState::Config config;
-- 
2.47.2