From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 10:28:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31873106564A; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21FA28FC0A; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0B3411CC096; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:28:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:28:56 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Borja Marcos Message-ID: <20080812102856.GA6735@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <43EC06E9-76B3-4AA1-BC5E-4E1BD64AFC2D@SARENET.ES> <0296197A-28ED-4DAA-A31F-C28471E864FB@SARENET.ES> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0296197A-28ED-4DAA-A31F-C28471E864FB@SARENET.ES> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras Subject: Re: umtxn and Apache 2.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:28:56 -0000 On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:17:05PM +0200, Borja Marcos wrote: > > On Aug 12, 2008, at 12:12 AM, Ivan Voras wrote: > >> Borja Marcos wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I'm running a server with FreeBSD 7-STABLE as of August 8, Apache >>> 2.2 with mpm/worker and threads support, and PHP 5.2.6. >>> Everything works like a charm, but I see that Apache is leaking >>> processes that get stuck in umtxn state. >> >> I run Apache 2.2 with worker MPM but without mod_php (I use PHP as >> FastCGI) on many servers and I don't have such problems. Maybe it's >> PHP's fault? (I agree you need a trace with debugging symbols). > > May me my fault. It's a system that I didn't use to administrate. I > upgraded it from 6.2-REL to 7-STABLE in place, and recompiled packages. > But there was a lot of litter. I'm just wondering if that could be a > problem. > > Just in case I've done a thorough cleanup, recompiled needed ports, and > included debugging support in Apache. Let's see what happens. > > And please accept my apologies if this has been a silly false alarm :) Please be sure to report back with the outcome (in a few days, or whenever suits you) -- I've seen a report of similar oddities (threads locking up) on the suPHP mailing list, when using Apache with the worker MPM. No one stated what state the process is in (re: umtxn), so I'm not sure if it's the same issue as what you've seen. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |