The following reply was made to PR general/3312; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Ole Tange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: general/3312: Children die. Parent stops serving requests Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:43:24 +0100 (CET) I have searched the bugs.apache.org and found that you look as if you have exactly the same problem as me. As I see the problem: The parent thinks it has a lot of children that are terrible slow at processing requests (SS is rather high if you look at 'apachectl status'). So it spawns new children until it reaches the MaxClient-limit But what (I think) really happens is that the children die without notifying the parent. If we join forces maybe we can find what is common for our systems. My system is a (heavily upgraded) RedHat Linux 5.0 i386. 'rpm -qa' is included below. If you are a wizard in understanding strace I have made a strace of my apache: http://ole.tange.dk/children-dies.tgz /Ole -- Linux - From the people who gave you the Internet www.sslug.dk www.linux.org # rpm -qa setup-1.9-2 filesystem-1.3.1-2 basesystem-4.9-1 anonftp-2.4-1 ldconfig-1.9.5-2 termcap-9.12.6-7 libtermcap-2.0.8-6 glibc-profile-2.0.7-13 grep-2.1-1 fileutils-3.16-6 bash-1.14.7-6 slang-0.99.38-2 newt-0.21-1 chkconfig-0.9-2 quota-1.55-7 ash-0.2-10 at-3.1.7-2 zlib-1.0.4-2 ncurses-1.9.9e-6 info-3.9-7 autoconf-2.12-3 automake-1.2-3 bc-1.04-2 bdflush-1.5-7 bin86-0.4-3 bind-utils-4.9.6-6 binutils-2.8.1.0.1-1 bison-1.25-3 bootpc-061-4 byacc-1.9-6 cabaret-0.5-1 cdecl-2.5-5 cmu-snmp-3.4-3 cmu-snmp-devel-3.4-3 cmu-snmp-utils-3.4-3 control-panel-3.5-1 cpio-2.4.2-6 cproto-4.4-5 cracklib-dicts-2.5-4 crontabs-1.6-1 ctags-1.6-2 cvs-1.9-4 shadow-utils-970616-9 dev-2.5.4-1 dhcpcd-0.65-1 diffutils-2.7-8 dip-3.3.7o-10 procinfo-0.11-1 e2fsprogs-1.10-4 ed-0.2-7 elm-2.4.25-10 etcskel-1.3-4 mrtg-2.5.2-1 expect-5.24-12 faces-devel-1.6.1-8 fetchmail-4.3.2-1 file-3.22-6 findutils-4.1-20 finger-0.10-2 flex-2.5.4a-2 fstool-2.6-4 ftp-0.10-1 fwhois-1.00-7 gawk-3.0.2-2 defrag-0.73-4 gcc-c++-2.7.2.3-8 gdb-4.16-9 gdbm-1.7.3-14 gdbm-devel-1.7.3-14 gettext-0.10-4 getty_ps-2.0.7j-2 gcc-2.7.2.3-11 ipfwadm-2.3.0-6 git-4.3.16-5 ElectricFence-2.0.5-7 glint-2.4-2 gpm-1.12-4 gpm-devel-1.12-4 groff-1.11a-3 gtk-0.99.970925-2 gzip-1.2.4-9 hdparm-3.1-5 helptool-2.4-3 ical-2.2-3 indexhtml-5.0-1 initscripts-3.25-1 isapnptools-1.11-4 ispell-3.1.20-5 kbd-0.94-5 kbdconfig-1.5-1 kernel-2.0.32-2 kernel-headers-2.0.32-2 kernel-modules-2.0.32-2 kernel-source-2.0.32-2 kernelcfg-0.4-7 ld.so-1.9.5-5 less-321-4 lha-1.00-6 libc-5.3.12-24 libg++-2.7.2.8-6 libg++-devel-2.7.2.8-6 libgr-2.0.13-4 libgr-devel-2.0.13-4 libjpeg-6a-1 libjpeg-devel-6a-1 libpng-0.96-1 libpng-devel-0.96-1 libtermcap-devel-2.0.8-6 libtiff-3.4-1 libtiff-devel-3.4-1 lilo-0.20-1 logrotate-2.5-2 losetup-2.7f-1 lpr-0.21-2 lrzsz-0.12.14-3 lynx-2.7.1-1 m4-1.4-8 mailcap-1.0-6 mailx-5.5.kw-8 make-3.76.1-2 MAKEDEV-2.3.1-1 man-1.4j-3 man-pages-1.17-1 mc-4.1.8-2 metamail-2.7-10 mh-6.8.4-4 mingetty-0.9.4-5 minicom-1.75-5 mkdosfs-ygg-0.3b-5 mkinitrd-1.8-1 mktemp-1.4-2 modemtool-1.21-1 modutils-2.1.55-4 mount-2.7f-1 mouseconfig-2.21-1 mpage-2.4-3 mt-st-0.4-4 mtools-3.6-4 mutt-0.85e-1 ncftp-2.4.2-3 ncompress-4.2.4-9 ncurses-devel-1.9.9e-6 net-tools-1.33-4 netcfg-2.19-3 netkit-base-0.10-5 newt-devel-0.21-1 ntalk-0.10-1 pam-0.59-5 sed-2.05-9 pamconfig-0.51-4 passwd-0.50-10 analog-form-3.0-1 pcmcia-cs-2.9.12-2 xv-3.10a-9 pine-3.96-3 pmake-1.0-7 portmap-4.0-7 ppp-2.2.0f-5 GD.pm-1.14-1 procmail-3.10-11 procps-1.2.4-1 psmisc-16-1 pwdb-0.54-6 python-1.4-9 pythonlib-1.22-1 glimpse-4.1-1 rcs-5.7-6 rdate-0.960923-3 rdist-1.0-7 readline-2.1-5 readline-devel-2.1-5 redhat-release-5.0-1 rhs-hwdiag-0.20-1 ssh-clients-1.2.26-1i rootfiles-1.5-3 routed-0.10-3 screen-3.7.4-1 rsh-0.10-2 rusers-0.10-2 rwho-0.10-4 pidentd-2.7-1 setconsole-1.0-3 setserial-2.12-3 setuptool-1.0-1 sh-utils-1.16-8 sharutils-4.2-8 slang-devel-0.99.38-2 slrn-0.9.4.3-2 stat-1.5-6 statserial-1.1-9 strace-3.1-3 svgalib-1.2.11-3 svgalib-devel-1.2.11-3 sysklogd-1.3-19 SysVinit-2.71-3 tar-1.12-1 tcl-8.0-12 tclx-8.0.0.0-12 tcp_wrappers-7.6-1 tcsh-6.07-1 telnet-0.10-2 tetex-xdvi-0.4pl8-9 pgp-2.6.3bi-1 textutils-1.22-4 tftp-0.10-2 time-1.7-4 timeconfig-2.1-3 timed-0.10-2 timetool-2.3-5 tin-1.22-8 tk-8.0-12 tkinter-1.4-9 tksysv-1.0-1 tmpwatch-1.4-1 traceroute-1.4a5-4 trn-3.6-10 unarj-2.41a-5 unzip-5.31-1 usercfg-3.5-6 usernet-1.0.5-1 util-linux-2.7-11 uucp-1.06.1-14 vim-4.6-4 vixie-cron-3.0.1-19 which-1.0-7 words-2-6 wu-ftpd-2.4.2b15-5 mtr-0.19-1 XFree86-3.3.1-14 XFree86-libs-3.3.1-14 xinitrc-1.3-5 zip-2.1-2 zlib-devel-1.0.4-2 zsh-3.0.5-1 emacs-20.2-4 emacs-nox-20.2-4 ssh-server-1.2.26-1i glibc-debug-2.0.7-13 perl-5.004-2 patch-2.5-2 bind-4.9.6-7 ssh-extras-1.2.26-1i qmail-imap-4.1.final-1 xntp3-5.91_export-1 tcpdump-3.4a5-1 howto-5.0-5 ssleay-0.8.1-4 SSLeay-0.8.1-1 ezmlm-idx-0.53.30-1 lsof-4.26-1 strobe-1.04-2 psacct-6.3-2 rhupgrade-2.0-3 ewhost-971007-1 ewping-971007-1 ewtraceroute-971007-1 ewvrfy-971007-1 ImageMagick-3.9.1-1 libnet-1.0502-4 freshrpms-0.7.1-1 bzip2-0.1pl2-2 ghostscript-3.33-6 glibc-devel-2.0.7-13 ghostscript-fonts-4.0-4 rpm-2.5-2 wwwcount-2.4-1 uudeview-0.5.13-2 analog-3.0-1 wget-1.5.2-1 ssh-1.2.26-1i qmail-1.03-7 glibc-2.0.7-13 apache-1.3.3-1
