Mod-Perl Developers, After sending out my bug report. My system administrator forwarded me this:
As this version of the operating system is based on redhat 9 -- from http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/release-notes/x86/ there is a paragraph: # A new system message has been added to Red Hat Linux 9: application bug: <app-name>(<app-pid>) has SIGCHLD set to SIG_IGN but calls wait(). (see the NOTES section of 'man 2 wait'). Workaround activated. This message (which is displayed on the system console and/or in the system log files) indicates that the application is not completely standards compliant with respect to its handling of child processes. If you see this message, you should alert the application's developers. <= *********************** You have been alerted. :) # Other than not logging certain log messages -- I suspect kernel.info facility -- the kernel is going to yap about it. Thank you, John Kent Webmaster Naval Research Laboratory Monterey, CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent, Mr. John (Contractor) > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:13 AM > To: Mod-Perl (E-mail) > Cc: Manzano, Mr. Rhod (Pager); Ferreira, John (Contractor); Kent, Mr. John > (Contractor) > Subject: Mod-Perl Logging Errors under RedHat Linux ES 3.0 > > -------------8<---------- Start Bug Report ------------8<---------- > 1. Problem Description: > > The mod-perl enabled server seems to be working ok, but is generating > error messages (every minute) as reported by our system administrators: > > The following errors are being reported in /var/log/messages. This problem may have > caused the kernel panic and should be addressed. I copied John Ferreira in case he > may have any inform on signal handling issues with RedHat Linux ES 3.0. > > FYI > > Jan 23 14:29:34 web1 kernel: application bug: httpd_heavy(3247) has SIGCHLD set to > SIG_IGN but calls wait(). > Jan 23 14:29:34 web1 kernel: (see the NOTES section of 'man 2 wait'). Workaround > activated. > Jan 23 14:31:08 web1 kernel: application bug: httpd_heavy(3324) has SIGCHLD set to > SIG_IGN but calls wait(). > Jan 23 14:31:08 web1 kernel: (see the NOTES section of 'man 2 wait'). Workaround > activated. > Jan 23 14:33:14 web1 kernel: application bug: httpd_heavy(3248) has SIGCHLD set to > SIG_IGN but calls wait(). > Jan 23 14:33:14 web1 kernel: (see the NOTES section of 'man 2 wait'). Workaround > activated. > > > > 2. Used Components and their Configuration: > > *** mod_perl version 1.9912 > > *** using /users/webuser/src/mod_perl-1.99_12/lib/Apache/BuildConfig.pm > *** Makefile.PL options: > MP_AP_PREFIX => /users/webuser/apache_heavy > MP_COMPAT_1X => 1 > MP_GENERATE_XS => 1 > MP_INST_APACHE2 => 1 > MP_LIBNAME => mod_perl > MP_USE_DSO => 1 > MP_USE_STATIC => 1 > > > *** /users/webuser/apache_heavy/bin/httpd -V > Server version: Apache/2.0.48 > Server built: Dec 24 2003 14:36:15 > Server's Module Magic Number: 20020903:4 > Architecture: 32-bit > Server compiled with.... > -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/prefork" > -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE > -D APR_HAS_MMAP > -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled) > -D APR_USE_PROC_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE > -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE > -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT > -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD > -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS > -D HTTPD_ROOT="/users/webuser/apache_heavy" > -D SUEXEC_BIN="/users/webuser/apache_heavy/bin/suexec" > -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="logs/httpd.pid" > -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status" > -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="logs/accept.lock" > -D DEFAULT_LOCKFILE="logs/accept.lock" > -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" > -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types" > -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" > > > *** /users/webuser/perl/bin/perl -V > Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 2) configuration: > Platform:> > osname=linux, osvers=2.4.21-4.elsmp, archname=i686-linux > uname='linux europa 2.4.21-4.elsmp #1 smp fri oct 3 17:52:56 edt 2003 i686 i686 > i386 gnulinux ' > config_args='-Dcc=gcc -Dprefix=/users/webuser/perl' > hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define > usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef > useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef > use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef > usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef > Compiler: > cc='gcc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include > -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', > optimize='-O3', > cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include' > ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-20)', > gccosandvers='' > intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 > d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 > ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 > alignbytes=4, prototype=define > Linker and Libraries: > ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib' > libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib > libs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc > perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc > libc=/lib/libc-2.3.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a > gnulibc_version='2.3.2' > Dynamic Linking: > dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic' > cccdlflags='-fpic', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib' > > > Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): > Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES > Built under linux > Compiled at Dec 18 2003 11:43:19 > %ENV: > PERL_LWP_USE_HTTP_10="1" > @INC: > /users/webuser/perl/lib/5.8.2/i686-linux > /users/webuser/perl/lib/5.8.2 > /users/webuser/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.2/i686-linux > /users/webuser/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.2 > /users/webuser/perl/lib/site_perl > .*** Packages of interest status: > > Apache::Request: - > CGI : 3.01 > LWP : 5.76 > mod_perl : 1.9912 > > > 3. This is the core dump trace: (if you get a core dump): > > [CORE TRACE COMES HERE] > > This report was generated by ./REPORT on Tue Jan 27 19:08:48 2004 GMT. > > -------------8<---------- End Bug Report --------------8<---------- > > -- Reporting bugs: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
