>Number: 4359 >Category: general >Synopsis: 'apachectl restart' inscreases memory usage each time >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Thu May 6 06:00:01 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.6 >Environment: Linux mritalian.dyndns.com 2.0.35 #57 Tue Oct 13 23:02:53 CDT 1998 i586 unknown I have mod_perl installed. Standard apache installation, nothing special. >Description: At any given point, memory usage may be (from top) 8800 nobody 8 0 1444 1444 1360 S 0 0.0 6.5 0:00 httpd following an apachectl restart, 8809 nobody 8 0 1456 1456 1372 S 0 0.0 6.5 0:00 httpd
clearly memory usage for each child process has increased. >How-To-Repeat: placing an 'apachectl restart' every 5 min in the root crontab killed my system in about 18 hours, causing the whole system to crash miserably, requiring a power off reset >Fix: instead of using apachectl restart, I use apachectl stop followed by apachectl start. this does not affect memory usage. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] [If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] [from a developer. ] [Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]
