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Date:      Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:28:00 +0200
From:      Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Issues with FlowCleaner on a spam server.
Message-ID:  <4CAC3310.3010104@ose.nl>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimR24BUs1=CwzYmPq-i-rg_c2pz6vg%2Br6Y4d6Gn@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <AANLkTimR24BUs1=CwzYmPq-i-rg_c2pz6vg%2Br6Y4d6Gn@mail.gmail.com>

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On 10/06/2010 09=3A40 AM=2C perikillo wrote=3A
=3E Hi my friends I have a big issue that I still cannot track what is
=3E causing that my server stop working=2E
=3E  =20
may be this bug=3F
http=3A//www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/cgi/query-pr=2Ecgi=3Fpr=3Dkern/146792
a =22fix=22 is also in the report
=3E I have a spam gateway running=3A
=3E
=3E spamassassin
=3E clamavis
=3E amavis
=3E apache+mailgraph
=3E postfix
=3E bacula client
=3E apcupsd client
=3E
=3E My server is running freebsd 8=2E0-p2 AMD64=2E Raid-1=2E
=3E
=3E Copyright =28c=29 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project=2E
=3E Copyright =28c=29 1979=2C 1980=2C 1983=2C 1986=2C 1988=2C 1989=2C 1991=
=2C 1992=2C 1993=2C 1994
=3E         The Regents of the University of California=2E All rights reser=
ved=2E
=3E FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation=2E
=3E FreeBSD 8=2E0-RELEASE-p2 =235=3A Mon May 10 23=3A23=3A20 PDT 2010
=3E     root=40filter=2Eoakwest=2Ecom=3A/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SPAMKER
=3E Timecounter =22i8254=22 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
=3E CPU=3A Intel=28R=29 Xeon=28R=29 CPU           E3110  =40 3=2E00GHz =282=
999=2E68-MHz K8-class CPU=29
=3E   Origin =3D =22GenuineIntel=22  Id =3D 0x1067a  Stepping =3D 10
=3E   Features=3D0xbfebfbff=3CFPU=2CVME=2CDE=2CPSE=2CTSC=2CMSR=2CPAE=2CMCE=
=2CCX8=2CAPIC=2CSEP=2CMTRR=2CPGE=2CMCA=2CCMOV=2CPAT=2CPSE36=2CCLFLUSH=2CDTS=
=2CACPI=2CMMX=2CFXSR=2CSSE=2CSSE2=2CSS=2CHTT=2CTM=2CPBE=3E
=3E   Features2=3D0x408e3fd=3CSSE3=2CDTES64=2CMON=2CDS=5FCPL=2CVMX=2CSMX=2C=
EST=2CTM2=2CSSSE3=2CCX16=2CxTPR=2CPDCM=2CSSE4=2E1=2CXSAVE=3E
=3E   AMD Features=3D0x20100800=3CSYSCALL=2CNX=2CLM=3E
=3E   AMD Features2=3D0x1=3CLAHF=3E
=3E   TSC=3A P-state invariant
=3E real memory  =3D 4294967296 =284096 MB=29
=3E avail memory =3D 4119261184 =283928 MB=29
=3E ACPI APIC Table=3A =3C090208 APIC1432=3E
=3E FreeBSD/SMP=3A Multiprocessor System Detected=3A 2 CPUs
=3E FreeBSD/SMP=3A 1 package=28s=29 x 2 core=28s=29
=3E  cpu0 =28BSP=29=3A APIC ID=3A  0
=3E  cpu1 =28AP=29=3A APIC ID=3A  1
=3E
=3E For some reason that I still don=27t know=2C amavisd stop working=2C th=
e
=3E port no longer answer any inbound=2C postfix=2C spamd=2C clamd works=2C=

=3E amavisd is the issue normally=2E
=3E
=3E My server can work for a month=2C each weekend I update the ports and=

=3E upgrade my packages=2C spamd rules every month are updated=2E
=3E
=3E No issue here=2C suddenly after a month or 4-5 weeks the server stop
=3E working=2C amavisd stop doing the job=2C I can access the server via ss=
h
=3E and see the issue=2E
=3E
=3E This is the 4th time that happens=2E
=3E
=3E My IDLE goes to 50=25=2C when I start debugging I see a process called=

=3E =22FlowCleaner=22 eating 1 CPU=2E
=3E
=3E Always got the PID 20=2C looks like a internal process=2C I have been=

=3E searching info about this process but not to much info=2E
=3E
=3E I cannot kill this process=2C I can restart clamd=2C spamd=2C apache=2C=

=3E bacula=2C but amavisd is stuck=2E
=3E
=3E If I send a shutdown -r now won=27t work=2C my server just hang-up=2C i=
f I
=3E press the power button won=27t work to=2E
=3E
=3E I have to do a cold reboot=2C I don=27t have other choice=2E
=3E
=3E I have read logs but don=27t see any issue =28maillog=2C console=2C all=
=2C message=29=2E
=3E
=3E One thing to mention=2C is that every time this happen=2C my server fan=
=27s
=3E are working more faster that usual=2C the first day I detect this I
=3E create a batch that send every 5 minutes the core temperature using
=3E freebsd coretemp=2Eko module=2E
=3E
=3E Avg=2E I got 40=27c for each core=3A
=3E
=3E dev=2Ecpu=2E0=2Etemperature=3A 42=2E0C
=3E dev=2Ecpu=2E1=2Etemperature=3A 41=2E0C
=3E
=3E I search around on Intel site and this chip max temp=2E is 70=27c=2C I=
 had
=3E never seen this number on my emails=2C the biggest number had been 54=
=27c
=3E and this appear before my server got crazy yesterday=3A
=3E
=3E dev=2Ecpu=2E0=2Etemperature=3A 53=2E0C
=3E dev=2Ecpu=2E1=2Etemperature=3A 49=2E0C
=3E
=3E Something is causing this=2C a spam attack=2C memory leak mmm I had not=

=3E seen my server use the whole 4GB ever=2E
=3E
=3E My friends=2C what do u you recommend to me to track this=3F
=3E
=3E Any input will be very appreciated=2C I got 1 month to track this befor=
e
=3E this happen again=2C thanks!
=3E  =20



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