hi, This is totally frustrating. My mod_perl script always causes segmentation fault when it tries to create a thread. I searched the Web and this forum, but there is still no definitive answers. My perl and mod_perl are of pretty recent versions and I check for the inclusion of useithreads config. I wrote a simple script to prove it:
use CGI; use threads; use Config; use mod_perl; our $LOGGER; BEGIN { $LOGGER = Apache2::ServerUtil->server->log; $LOGGER->error("testhread starting (CGI version ".CGI->version.")"); } my $q = CGI->new; my $check = defined $Config{useithreads}; $LOGGER->error("useithread? $check"); my $v = mod_perl->VERSION; $LOGGER->error("version $v"); my $thr = threads->create(sub { }); # comment out these two lines will work $thr->join(); # already crashed at the line above $q->header(-status => '200 OK'); It produces logs Aug 20 13:07:50 (4216) [error] testhread starting (CGI version 3.51) Aug 20 13:07:50 (4216) [error] useithread? 1 Aug 20 13:07:50 (4216) [error] version 2.000004 Aug 20 13:07:51 (4159) [notice] child pid 4216 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) Any way I can solve this? Thanks! (Perl -V) Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 1) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18-274.3.1.el5, archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi uname='linux hs20-bc2-5.build.redhat.com 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 #1 smp fri aug 26 18:49:02 edt 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux ' config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -DDEBUGGING=-g -Dversion=5.10.1 -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dprefix=/usr -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl5 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib64/perl5 -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Darchlib=/usr/lib64/perl5 -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl -Dinc_version_list=5.10.0 -Darchname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi -Dlibpth=/usr/local/lib64 /lib64 /usr/lib64 -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl=n -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr -Dd_gethostent_r_proto -Ud_endhostent_r_proto -Ud_sethostent_r_proto -Ud_endprotoent_r_proto -Ud_setprotoent_r_proto -Ud_endservent_r_proto -Ud_setservent_r_proto -Dscriptdir=/usr/bin' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16 ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='gcc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector' libpth=/usr/local/lib64 /lib64 /usr/lib64 libs=-lresolv -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc perllibs=-lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so gnulibc_version='2.12' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API Built under linux Compiled at Oct 4 2011 10:53:24 @INC: /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5