I have quite a few segfaults on my production servers. The crashes occur on :
#0 0xb78f3779 in _oci_close_session (session=0x8382a20) at /soft/sources/php/php-5.0.4/ext/oci8/oci8.c:2961 2961 CALL_OCI_RETURN(OCI(error), where (gdb) print *session $1 = {num = 137800016, persistent = 0 '\0', is_open = 253 'ý', exclusive = 49 '1', thread = 8 '\b', sessions_list = 0x0, server = 0x0, pSession = 0x0, pEnv = 0x0, charsetId = 0} At the same time, I have : [29-Jul-2005 07:57:41] PHP Warning: Unknown: _oci_close_session OCIHandleAlloc OCI_HTYPE_SVCCTX: OCI_INVALID_HANDLE in Unknown on line 0 I use my oci8 ping_freq patch (http://www.jeuxdecartes.net/static/oci8.ping_freq.patch) - that explains the line numbering difference. (more info on http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33915) This small fix corrects the crash (there could be a problem somewhere else - why do I have a session without a server ?) : --- php-5.0.4/ext/oci8/oci8.c 2005-07-29 08:13:21.829128377 +0200 +++ php-5.0.4-orig/ext/oci8.fromcvs/oci8.c 2005-07-15 14:56:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -2939,10 +2924,6 @@ return; } + /* JFBustarret - fix for bug #33915 */ + if (!session->server) { + return; + } + oci_debug("START _oci_close_session: logging-off sess=%d",session->num); if (session->is_open) { I updated my ping_freq patch with the fix at : http://www.jeuxdecartes.net/static/oci8.ping_freq.new.patch Jean-François Bustarret eTF1 - Architecte ------------------------------------- Le present message (y compris tous les elements attaches) est confidentiel et est destine a ses seuls destinataires. Si vous l'avez recu par erreur, merci de l'indiquer a son expediteur par retour et de proceder a sa destruction dans vos systemes. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee de son contenu, en totalite ou en partie, est strictement interdite. Les idees et opinions presentees dans ce message sont celles de son auteur, et ne representent pas necessairement celles de TF1 (et/ou des entites membres du Groupe TF1). This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return email and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of its author and do not necessarily represent those of TF1 (and/or its group companies).