Yes I'm sure that I'm using prefork-mpm.
This is the output oh httpd -V:
Server version: Apache/2.2.4
Server built: Apr 13 2007 17:44:09
Server's Module Magic Number: 20054458:3
Server loaded: APR 1.2.7, APR-Util 1.2.7
Compiled using: APR 1.2.7, APR-Util 1.2.7
Architecture: 32-bit
Server MPM: Prefork
threaded: no
forked: yes (variable process count)
Server compiled with....
....
I isolated my problem.
It seems that sometimes during xmlFreeDoc(doc) I get a Segmentation fault.
xmlFreeDoc is a function of libxml2 which I use inside my module.
I suppose that libxml2 uses malloc/free to alloc and free memory: is it
possibile that there is some overlap of memory with apr poll (r->poll)?
Marco
> On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 16:14 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I discovered some segmentation faults in apache error log.
> > So I wanted to understand the reason of these errors.
> > I put these statements in my module:
> >
> > ap_log_perror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r->pool, "0:[%ld] %s",
> > (long)getpid());
> >
> > and
> >
> > ap_log_perror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r->pool, "1:[%ld] %s",
> > (long)getpid(), q);
> >
> > where 1: is increased in each my following instructions.
> > Then I checked my error log to see where the error was generated.
> > In the error log I found:
> >
> > ...
> > [Mon Jul 30 15:35:30 2007] [error] 5:[12172] sss
> > [Mon Jul 30 15:35:30 2007] [error] 6:[12172] sss
> > [Mon Jul 30 15:35:33 2007] [error] 0:[12172]
> > [Mon Jul 30 15:35:35 2007] [error] 0:[12172]
> > [Mon Jul 30 15:35:47 2007] [error] 0:[12172]
> > [Mon Jul 30 15:35:48 2007] [notice] child pid 12172 exit signal
> > Segmentation fault (11)
> >
> > It seems that different childs of apache uses the same pid in a few
> > seconds.... ???.....
>
> Children don't "use" PIDs - these are assigned by the operating system.
> Are you _shure_ your server doesn't use threads?
> Iff so this means that the same child reaches state '0' of your logging
> more than once.
>
> > What does it mean?
> > I'm using apache 2.2.4 with this configuration parameters:
> >
> > <IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
> > StartServers 100
> > MinSpareServers 50
> > MaxSpareServers 200
> > ServerLimit 512
> > MaxClients 512
> > MaxRequestsPerChild 256
> > </IfModule>
>
> This only is used iff your server uses the prefork-mpm.
>
> > Could you give me a hint to solve my problem?
> > Best regards
>
> Enable core dumps and examine the core file - you might need to
> recompile at least your module with debugging information enabled.
>
> HTH Ralf Mattes
>
> > Marco
>
