I had this problem a while back and it turned out to be an infinite loop in
my code. I found it by writing in better logging mechanisms which
pinpointed exactly where the infinite loop was.
HTH,
Adi
Christoph Bergmann wrote:
>
> Hi...
>
> I have a problem with an apache_mod_perl-server which flushes the
> httpd.error_log-file with the following lines:
>
> Attempt to free unreferenced scalar during global destruction.
> Attempt to free unreferenced scalar during global destruction.
> Attempt to free unreferenced scalar during global destruction.
> Attempt to free unreferenced scalar during global destruction.
> Out of memory!
> Callback called exit.
> Callback called exit.
> Callback called exit.
> Callback called exit.
> Callback called exit.
> Callback called exit.
> Callback called exit.
> Callback called exit.
> ...etc.
>
> The last line "Callback called exit." is repeated a million times until
> the whole disc is full. It happens from time to time, I can't say when.
> Maybe it has something to do with heavy load, the webserver has about 10
> hits / second, in peak times more.
>
> I'm not sure it has _definitely_ something to do with mod_perl, but I
> guess so, because of the "Attempt to free unreferenced scalar during
> global destruction." lines before...
>
> Does anybody know what happens here and what to do?
>
> Thanx in advance!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christoph Bergmann
