> diff -ur httpd-2.4.4.org/server/mpm_unix.c httpd-2.4.4/server/mpm_unix.c
> --- httpd-2.4.4.org/server/mpm_unix.c 2012-07-03 21:38:58.000000000 +0200
> +++ httpd-2.4.4/server/mpm_unix.c 2013-04-12 09:14:58.282929959 +0200
> @@ -604,7 +604,17 @@
> len = strlen(data);
> }
>
> - apr_socket_send(sock, data, &len);
> + rv = apr_socket_send(sock, data, &len);
> + if (rv == APR_SUCCESS) {
> + char *buffer[10]; // dummy buffer to see if child is alive
> +
> + len = sizeof(buffer);
> + rv = apr_socket_recv(sock, buffer, &len);
> + if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
> + ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, rv, ap_server_conf,
> APLOGNO(00057)
> + "receiving response to dummy data to listener on
> %pI", lp->bind_addr);
> + }
> + }
> apr_socket_close(sock);
> apr_pool_destroy(p);
Interesting analysis, I'm confused on how the patch helps though if it
doesn't actually do anything different when there is no reply (which
is more what I expected from the bullets)