Haproxy segfaults if you pass the wrong argument type to a converter. Example:
haproxy.cfg: global lua-load /tmp/haproxy.lua frontend f1 mode http bind :8000 default_backend b1 http-request lua.foo backend b1 mode http server s1 127.0.0.1:8080 haproxy.lua: core.register_action("foo", { "http-req" }, function(txn) txn.sc:ipmask(txn.f:src(), 24, 112) end) Result: * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, address=0x18) frame #0: 0x00007fffc9fcbf56 libsystem_platform.dylib`_platform_memmove$VARIANT$Haswell + 182 libsystem_platform.dylib`_platform_memmove$VARIANT$Haswell: -> 0x7fffc9fcbf56 <+182>: movb (%rsi,%r8), %cl 0x7fffc9fcbf5a <+186>: movb %cl, (%rdi,%r8) 0x7fffc9fcbf5e <+190>: subq $0x1, %rdx 0x7fffc9fcbf62 <+194>: je 0x7fffc9fcbf78 ; <+216> Target 0: (haproxy) stopped. (lldb) bt * thread #1, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, address=0x18) * frame #0: 0x00007fffc9fcbf56 libsystem_platform.dylib`_platform_memmove$VARIANT$Haswell + 182 frame #1: 0x00007fffc9e7442e libsystem_c.dylib`__memcpy_chk + 22 frame #2: 0x000000010002ec46 haproxy`hlua_lua2arg_check(L=0x000000010120d298, first=3, argp=0x00007fff5fbfe690, mask=196, p=0x0000000101817000) at hlua.c:749 frame #3: 0x000000010001fa00 haproxy`hlua_run_sample_conv(L=0x000000010120d298) at hlua.c:3393 frame #4: 0x000000010032400b haproxy`luaD_precall + 747 frame #5: 0x00000001003343c6 haproxy`luaV_execute + 3158 frame #6: 0x0000000100323429 haproxy`luaD_rawrunprotected + 89 frame #7: 0x0000000100324516 haproxy`lua_resume + 278 frame #8: 0x000000010001b199 haproxy`hlua_ctx_resume(lua=0x0000000101205080, yield_allowed=1) at hlua.c:1080 frame #9: 0x0000000100027de8 haproxy`hlua_action(rule=0x000000010101b180, px=0x0000000101817000, sess=0x000000010120cb70, s=0x000000010120cc00, flags=2) at hlua.c:6198 frame #10: 0x0000000100044bcd haproxy`http_req_get_intercept_rule(px=0x0000000101817000, rules=0x0000000101817048, s=0x000000010120cc00, deny_status=0x00007fff5fbfee78) at proto_http.c:2760 frame #11: 0x0000000100046182 haproxy`http_process_req_common(s=0x000000010120cc00, req=0x000000010120cc10, an_bit=16, px=0x0000000101817000) at proto_http.c:3461 frame #12: 0x0000000100094c50 haproxy`process_stream(t=0x000000010120cf40, context=0x000000010120cc00, state=9) at stream.c:1905 frame #13: 0x000000010016179f haproxy`process_runnable_tasks at task.c:362 frame #14: 0x00000001000ea0eb haproxy`run_poll_loop at haproxy.c:2403 frame #15: 0x00000001000e7c74 haproxy`run_thread_poll_loop(data=0x00007fff5fbff3a4) at haproxy.c:2464 frame #16: 0x00000001000e4a49 haproxy`main(argc=3, argv=0x00007fff5fbff590) at haproxy.c:3082 frame #17: 0x00007fffc9db9235 libdyld.dylib`start + 1 Issue goes away if you change the lua txn.sc:ipmask() line to: txn.sc:ipmask(txn.f:src(), '24', '112') Reproduced with current master (9db0fed) and lua version 5.3.4. -Patrick