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: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 00:13:39 +0100 (CET) On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Ole Tange wrote: > 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. Assuming my theory is correct, then I ought to get a much longer uptime if I raise MaxClient. I have now raised MaxClient to 256. I'll let you know if it improved the uptime. I *do* know that I am playing with fire: If I get 256 actual clients the server will probably swap until death. To the apache-team: Assuming my theory is correct, then the problem would be solved (or at least: worked around) if apache ran a 'ps -aux' (or equivalent) once in a while to see if some of the children died without telling. /Ole
