See below for an output of strace attached to the main varnish process and varnishstat before restart.
stefan@DCVARN01:~$ sudo strace -p 17970 Process 17970 attached - interrupt to quit restart_syscall(<... resuming interrupted call ...>) = 1 read(8, "ping\n", 8191) = 5 writev(11, [{"200 19 \n", 13}, {"PONG 1369292498 1.0", 19}, {"\n", 1}], 3) = 33 poll([{fd=8, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=8, revents=POLLIN}]) read(8, "ping\n", 8191) = 5 writev(11, [{"200 19 \n", 13}, {"PONG 1369292501 1.0", 19}, {"\n", 1}], 3) = 33 poll([{fd=8, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=8, revents=POLLIN}]) read(8, "ping\n", 8191) = 5 writev(11, [{"200 19 \n", 13}, {"PONG 1369292504 1.0", 19}, {"\n", 1}], 3) = 33 poll([{fd=8, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=8, revents=POLLIN}]) read(8, "ping\n", 8191) = 5 writev(11, [{"200 19 \n", 13}, {"PONG 1369292507 1.0", 19}, {"\n", 1}], 3) = 33 poll([{fd=8, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=8, revents=POLLIN}]) read(8, "ping\n", 8191) = 5 writev(11, [{"200 19 \n", 13}, {"PONG 1369292510 1.0", 19}, {"\n", 1}], 3) = 33 poll([{fd=8, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1^C <unfinished ...> Process 17970 detached
client_conn 184625 2.31 Client connections accepted client_drop 0 0.00 Connection dropped, no sess/wrk client_req 2642174 33.10 Client requests received cache_hit 2603852 32.62 Cache hits cache_hitpass 0 0.00 Cache hits for pass cache_miss 33665 0.42 Cache misses backend_conn 3241 0.04 Backend conn. success backend_unhealthy 23 0.00 Backend conn. not attempted backend_busy 0 0.00 Backend conn. too many backend_fail 0 0.00 Backend conn. failures backend_reuse 35211 0.44 Backend conn. reuses backend_toolate 2825 0.04 Backend conn. was closed backend_recycle 38040 0.48 Backend conn. recycles backend_retry 0 0.00 Backend conn. retry fetch_head 0 0.00 Fetch head fetch_length 27204 0.34 Fetch with Length fetch_chunked 10987 0.14 Fetch chunked fetch_eof 0 0.00 Fetch EOF fetch_bad 0 0.00 Fetch had bad headers fetch_close 10 0.00 Fetch wanted close fetch_oldhttp 0 0.00 Fetch pre HTTP/1.1 closed fetch_zero 0 0.00 Fetch zero len fetch_failed 0 0.00 Fetch failed fetch_1xx 0 0.00 Fetch no body (1xx) fetch_204 0 0.00 Fetch no body (204) fetch_304 249 0.00 Fetch no body (304) n_sess_mem 53 . N struct sess_mem n_sess 12 . N struct sess n_object 14036 . N struct object n_vampireobject 0 . N unresurrected objects n_objectcore 14076 . N struct objectcore n_objecthead 12899 . N struct objecthead n_waitinglist 97 . N struct waitinglist n_vbc 5 . N struct vbc n_wrk 800 . N worker threads n_wrk_create 800 0.01 N worker threads created n_wrk_failed 0 0.00 N worker threads not created n_wrk_max 0 0.00 N worker threads limited n_wrk_lqueue 0 0.00 work request queue length n_wrk_queued 1 0.00 N queued work requests n_wrk_drop 0 0.00 N dropped work requests n_backend 3 . N backends n_expired 19278 . N expired objects n_lru_nuked 0 . N LRU nuked objects n_lru_moved 222935 . N LRU moved objects losthdr 85 0.00 HTTP header overflows n_objsendfile 0 0.00 Objects sent with sendfile n_objwrite 2636194 33.02 Objects sent with write n_objoverflow 0 0.00 Objects overflowing workspace s_sess 184624 2.31 Total Sessions s_req 2642174 33.10 Total Requests s_pipe 1 0.00 Total pipe s_pass 4813 0.06 Total pass s_fetch 38123 0.48 Total fetch s_hdrbytes 1389306713 17402.23 Total header bytes s_bodybytes 43940615416 550392.88 Total body bytes sess_closed 146837 1.84 Session Closed sess_pipeline 0 0.00 Session Pipeline sess_readahead 0 0.00 Session Read Ahead sess_linger 2641231 33.08 Session Linger sess_herd 210605 2.64 Session herd shm_records 119945812 1502.42 SHM records shm_writes 3554505 44.52 SHM writes shm_flushes 0 0.00 SHM flushes due to overflow shm_cont 15217 0.19 SHM MTX contention shm_cycles 48 0.00 SHM cycles through buffer sms_nreq 198 0.00 SMS allocator requests sms_nobj 0 . SMS outstanding allocations sms_nbytes 0 . SMS outstanding bytes sms_balloc 136307 . SMS bytes allocated sms_bfree 136307 . SMS bytes freed backend_req 38451 0.48 Backend requests made n_vcl 1 0.00 N vcl total n_vcl_avail 1 0.00 N vcl available n_vcl_discard 0 0.00 N vcl discarded n_ban 1 . N total active bans n_ban_add 1 0.00 N new bans added n_ban_retire 0 0.00 N old bans deleted n_ban_obj_test 0 0.00 N objects tested n_ban_re_test 0 0.00 N regexps tested against n_ban_dups 0 0.00 N duplicate bans removed hcb_nolock 2637212 33.03 HCB Lookups without lock hcb_lock 26131 0.33 HCB Lookups with lock hcb_insert 26131 0.33 HCB Inserts esi_errors 0 0.00 ESI parse errors (unlock) esi_warnings 0 0.00 ESI parse warnings (unlock) accept_fail 0 0.00 Accept failures client_drop_late 0 0.00 Connection dropped late uptime 79835 1.00 Client uptime dir_dns_lookups 0 0.00 DNS director lookups dir_dns_failed 0 0.00 DNS director failed lookups dir_dns_hit 0 0.00 DNS director cached lookups hit dir_dns_cache_full 0 0.00 DNS director full dnscache vmods 0 . Loaded VMODs n_gzip 23999 0.30 Gzip operations n_gunzip 43432 0.54 Gunzip operations LCK.sms.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.sms.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.sms.locks 594 0.01 Lock Operations LCK.sms.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.smp.creat 0 0.00 Created locks LCK.smp.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.smp.locks 0 0.00 Lock Operations LCK.smp.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.sma.creat 2 0.00 Created locks LCK.sma.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.sma.locks 160471 2.01 Lock Operations LCK.sma.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.smf.creat 0 0.00 Created locks LCK.smf.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.smf.locks 0 0.00 Lock Operations LCK.smf.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.hsl.creat 0 0.00 Created locks LCK.hsl.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.hsl.locks 0 0.00 Lock Operations LCK.hsl.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.hcb.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.hcb.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.hcb.locks 39858 0.50 Lock Operations LCK.hcb.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.hcl.creat 0 0.00 Created locks LCK.hcl.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.hcl.locks 0 0.00 Lock Operations LCK.hcl.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.vcl.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.vcl.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.vcl.locks 138 0.00 Lock Operations LCK.vcl.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.stat.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.stat.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.stat.locks 53 0.00 Lock Operations LCK.stat.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.sessmem.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.sessmem.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.sessmem.locks 190640 2.39 Lock Operations LCK.sessmem.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.wstat.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.wstat.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.wstat.locks 435092 5.45 Lock Operations LCK.wstat.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.herder.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.herder.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.herder.locks 1 0.00 Lock Operations LCK.herder.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.wq.creat 4 0.00 Created locks LCK.wq.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.wq.locks 1035110 12.97 Lock Operations LCK.wq.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.objhdr.creat 26172 0.33 Created locks LCK.objhdr.destroy 13272 0.17 Destroyed locks LCK.objhdr.locks 10595547 132.72 Lock Operations LCK.objhdr.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.exp.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.exp.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.exp.locks 132421 1.66 Lock Operations LCK.exp.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.lru.creat 2 0.00 Created locks LCK.lru.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.lru.locks 33315 0.42 Lock Operations LCK.lru.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.cli.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.cli.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.cli.locks 26611 0.33 Lock Operations LCK.cli.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.ban.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.ban.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.ban.locks 132423 1.66 Lock Operations LCK.ban.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.vbp.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.vbp.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.vbp.locks 0 0.00 Lock Operations LCK.vbp.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.vbe.creat 1 0.00 Created locks LCK.vbe.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.vbe.locks 6477 0.08 Lock Operations LCK.vbe.colls 0 0.00 Collisions LCK.backend.creat 3 0.00 Created locks LCK.backend.destroy 0 0.00 Destroyed locks LCK.backend.locks 96597 1.21 Lock Operations LCK.backend.colls 0 0.00 Collisions SMA.s0.c_req 70266 0.88 Allocator requests SMA.s0.c_fail 0 0.00 Allocator failures SMA.s0.c_bytes 4218323837 52838.03 Bytes allocated SMA.s0.c_freed 3569121024 44706.22 Bytes freed SMA.s0.g_alloc 28953 . Allocations outstanding SMA.s0.g_bytes 649202813 . Bytes outstanding SMA.s0.g_space 5793248131 . Bytes available SMA.Transient.c_req 9888 0.12 Allocator requests SMA.Transient.c_fail 0 0.00 Allocator failures SMA.Transient.c_bytes 635777238 7963.64 Bytes allocated SMA.Transient.c_freed 635777238 7963.64 Bytes freed SMA.Transient.g_alloc 0 . Allocations outstanding SMA.Transient.g_bytes 0 . Bytes outstanding SMA.Transient.g_space 0 . Bytes available VBE.freddev(10.0.102.88,,80).vcls 1 . VCL references VBE.freddev(10.0.102.88,,80).happy 0 . Happy health probes VBE.default(10.0.100.180,,80).vcls 1 . VCL references VBE.default(10.0.100.180,,80).happy 0 . Happy health probes VBE.fred(10.0.102.93,,80).vcls 1 . VCL references VBE.fred(10.0.102.93,,80).happy 0 . Happy health probes