Look effective to me. 

Alex


On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 1:43:27 AM UTC-7, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
>
> Alex
>
> Did you ever have success with using _exit() instead of exit()?
>
> Graham
>
> On 15/05/2014, at 10:15 AM, Graham Dumpleton 
> <[email protected]<javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
> That would certainly cause execution of destructors for global C++ objects 
> to be skipped. It will though also skip atexit() callbacks and possibly 
> things to do with flushing C FILE objects.
>
> Skipping those other things may not matter, so it may work as an interim 
> solution until can see whether proper destruction of memory pools on 
> process shutdown will avoid issue.
>
> Graham
>
> On 15/05/2014, at 5:20 AM, Alex Wu <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
> Got a suggestion from mod_pagespeed project: call _exit instead of exit. 
> I'll test it out to see if the segmentation fault would be gone.
>
> Alex
>
> On Monday, May 12, 2014 6:28:28 PM UTC-7, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 13/05/2014, at 11:13 AM, Alex Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> My question is that if mod_wsgi should wipe out all meomry inherited from 
>> parent once it forks?
>>
>>
>> It can't. It relies on it being a fork (and not a fork/exec) to inherit 
>> everything.
>>
>> I am not clear if a module inherits an C++ object from parent, does it 
>> trigger a destructor call?
>>
>>
>> Most likely it would.
>>
>> What I don't know is if you unload a module does that by pass execution 
>> of finaliser sections.
>>
>> I would imagine it cannot by pass them else memory from the heap would 
>> not be released otherwise, if referenced by global C++ objects, and you 
>> would get a potential memory leak.
>>
>> This may not matter on process shutdown, but would during an Apache 
>> restart as Apache will unload and reload modules when that occurs.
>>
>> So although in the Apache parent it does appear to unload modules on 
>> process shutdown:
>>
>>     /*
>>      * Register a cleanup in the config apr_pool_t (normally pconf). When
>>      * we do a restart (or shutdown) this cleanup will cause the
>>      * shared object to be unloaded.
>>      */
>>     apr_pool_cleanup_register(cmd->pool, modi, unload_module, 
>> apr_pool_cleanup_null);
>>
>>
>> int main(…) {
>>     …
>>
>>     destroy_and_exit_process(process, 0);
>>
>>     return 0; /* Termination 'ok' */
>> }
>>
>> static void destroy_and_exit_process(process_rec *process,
>>                                      int process_exit_value)
>> {
>>     /*
>>      * Sleep for TASK_SWITCH_SLEEP micro seconds to cause a task switch on
>>      * OS layer and thus give possibly started piped loggers a chance to
>>      * process their input. Otherwise it is possible that they get killed
>>      * by us before they can do so. In this case maybe valueable log 
>> messages
>>      * might get lost.
>>      */
>>     apr_sleep(TASK_SWITCH_SLEEP);
>>     apr_pool_destroy(process->pool); /* and destroy all descendent pools 
>> */
>>     apr_terminate();
>>     exit(process_exit_value);
>> }
>>
>> doing that may not help and may just trigger it at that point instead.
>>
>> I will though need to look into whether I should introduce something 
>> similar just prior to calling exit() in the daemon processes.
>>
>> I would have to be very careful about what pools I destroy though. Or 
>> perhaps work out how just to trigger cleanup routines on selected pools.
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Monday, May 12, 2014 5:42:27 PM UTC-7, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
>>>
>>> Okay. So this isn't an atexit() callback but global C++ object 
>>> destructors kicking in from the automatic execution of finaliser sections 
>>> on the object files.
>>>
>>> Same issue applies though in part. It looks like the page speed module 
>>> could be making some assumption that certain data will always be 
>>> initialised by the time the process is terminated, but possibly because 
>>> Apache module child init handlers are not called for the page speed module 
>>> in the mod_wsgi daemon processes, then that data isn't initialised and as a 
>>> result it crashes.
>>>
>>> When this happens though it is usual to see a NULL pointer dereference 
>>> or low memory access due to relative reference to NULL pointer. I can't see 
>>> an obvious case of that, but is hard to tell what the module is doing.
>>>
>>> Another problem with this thought is that since the page speed module 
>>> doesn't get to do anything at all in the mod_wsgi daemon mode process, then 
>>> can't see how this issue wouldn't also arise in the Apache parent process 
>>> unless the fact that the module might be unloaded from memory by Apache 
>>> first before shutdown (can't remember) might mean that global C++ 
>>> destructors aren't called in that case.
>>>
>>> Now one could argue that if this is happening that the page speed module 
>>> is being sloppy, but at the same time, under normal circumstances an Apache 
>>> module would never need to contend with possibility that something like the 
>>> Apache child init handler might not be called in a child process. That is 
>>> an oddity caused by mod_wsgi daemon mode.
>>>
>>> Anyway, all can do right now is confirm whether it is the page speed 
>>> module by disabling that module temporarily.
>>>
>>> Will then need to work out what to do and perhaps raise issue with page 
>>> speed module authors if that is where it is arising and see if they want to 
>>> say not their problem since mod_wsgi does weird stuff. :-)
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
>>> On 13/05/2014, at 9:51 AM, Alex Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here is one example:
>>>
>>> warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error.
>>> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
>>> Using host libthread_db library 
>>> "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
>>> Core was generated by `(wsgi:dataplane)                  -D Dataplane -D 
>>> pagespeed -D fwd_proxy -D DAT'.
>>> Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
>>> #0  0x00007fb46da18e4a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
>>> (gdb) info threads
>>>   Id   Target Id         Frame 
>>>   5    Thread 0x7fb458fe9700 (LWP 25847) 0x00007fb4777566e0 in 
>>> sigprocmask () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>>>   4    Thread 0x7fb4785bb740 (LWP 22886) 0x00007fb46cadd678 in 
>>> (anonymous namespace)::scribble (ptr=0x7fb478f13a38, size=34008, 
>>> scribble_word=-559038737)
>>>     at pagespeed/kernel/base/mem_debug.cc:81
>>>   3    Thread 0x7fb469870700 (LWP 22895) 0x00007fb477814a93 in 
>>> epoll_wait () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>>>   2    Thread 0x7fb46aa76700 (LWP 22893) 0x00007fb47780d763 in select () 
>>> from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>>> * 1    Thread 0x7fb46a071700 (LWP 22894) 0x00007fb46da18e4a in ?? () 
>>> from /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
>>> (gdb) thread 4
>>> [Switching to thread 4 (Thread 0x7fb4785bb740 (LWP 22886))]
>>> #0  0x00007fb46cadd678 in (anonymous namespace)::scribble 
>>> (ptr=0x7fb478f13a38, size=34008, scribble_word=-559038737) at 
>>> pagespeed/kernel/base/mem_debug.cc:81
>>> 81    pagespeed/kernel/base/mem_debug.cc: No such file or directory.
>>> (gdb) bt
>>> #0  0x00007fb46cadd678 in (anonymous namespace)::scribble 
>>> (ptr=0x7fb478f13a38, size=34008, scribble_word=-559038737) at 
>>> pagespeed/kernel/base/mem_debug.cc:81
>>> #1  0x00007fb46cadd827 in (anonymous namespace)::debug_free 
>>> (ptr=0x7fb478f13a38) at pagespeed/kernel/base/mem_debug.cc:100
>>> #2  0x00007fb46cadd9f9 in operator delete[] (ptr=0x7fb478f13a38) at 
>>> pagespeed/kernel/base/mem_debug.cc:142
>>> #3  0x00007fb46ce2256e in re2::Prog::~Prog (this=0x7fb478c260e8, 
>>> __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at third_party/re2/src/re2/prog.cc:123
>>> #4  0x00007fb46cdf5402 in re2::RE2::~RE2 (this=0x7fb478ff3dd8, 
>>> __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at third_party/re2/src/re2/re2.cc:272
>>> #5  0x00007fb46d1033af in 
>>> pagespeed::js::JsTokenizerPatterns::~JsTokenizerPatterns 
>>> (this=0x7fb478ff3dd8, __in_chrg=<optimized out>)
>>>     at pagespeed/kernel/js/js_tokenizer.cc:1096
>>> #6  0x00007fb46cf9f00c in 
>>> base::DefaultDeleter<pagespeed::js::JsTokenizerPatterns>::operator() 
>>> (this=0x7fb46d6a6fe8, ptr=0x7fb478ff3dd8)
>>>     at third_party/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_ptr.h:137
>>> #7  0x00007fb46cf9efc2 in 
>>> base::internal::scoped_ptr_impl<pagespeed::js::JsTokenizerPatterns, 
>>> base::DefaultDeleter<pagespeed::js::JsTokenizerPatterns> >::~scoped_ptr_impl
>>>     (this=0x7fb46d6a6fe8, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at 
>>> third_party/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_ptr.h:220
>>> #8  0x00007fb46cf9ef6c in scoped_ptr<pagespeed::js::JsTokenizerPatterns, 
>>> base::DefaultDeleter<pagespeed::js::JsTokenizerPatterns> >::~scoped_ptr 
>>> (this=0x7fb46d6a6fe8, 
>>>     __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at 
>>> third_party/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_ptr.h:310
>>> #9  0x00007fb46cf9ef33 in net_instaweb::ProcessContext::~ProcessContext 
>>> (this=0x7fb46d6a6fe8, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at 
>>> net/instaweb/rewriter/process_context.cc:54
>>> #10 0x00007fb46cad3969 in net_instaweb::(anonymous 
>>> namespace)::ApacheProcessContext::~ApacheProcessContext 
>>> (this=0x7fb46d6a6fe0, __in_chrg=<optimized out>)
>>>     at net/instaweb/apache/mod_instaweb.cc:313
>>> #11 0x00007fb47775b901 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>>> #12 0x00007fb47775b985 in exit () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>>> #13 0x00007fb46dddfd96 in wsgi_start_process (p=<optimized out>, 
>>> daemon=<optimized out>) at mod_wsgi.c:11969
>>> #14 0x00007fb46dde1344 in wsgi_start_daemons (p=0x7fb478bac138) at 
>>> mod_wsgi.c:12166
>>> #15 wsgi_hook_init (pconf=0x7fb478bac138, ptemp=<optimized out>, 
>>> plog=<optimized out>, s=<optimized out>) at mod_wsgi.c:13737
>>> #16 0x00007fb478633113 in ap_run_post_config (pconf=0x7fb478bac138, 
>>> plog=0x7fb478bd9378, ptemp=0x7fb478bd7348, s=0x7fb478bd5538) at config.c:106
>>> #17 0x00007fb478608993 in main (argc=15, argv=0x7fff2ee8cfd8) at 
>>> main.c:765
>>> On Monday, May 12, 2014 4:07:35 PM UTC-7, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Can you point out to me where in the Apache 2.4 code base it calls 
>>>> atexit() to register anything on process shutdown?
>>>>
>>>> Neither Apache nor the underlying APR/APU libraries that it uses rely 
>>>> on atexit() to have anything triggered on process shutdown that I know of 
>>>> and I cannot find anything in the code I have handy for those which uses 
>>>> atexit() in such a generic way.
>>>>
>>>> Normally Apache relies on cleanup actions attached to deletion of 
>>>> memory pools and not atexit(). Thus it requires orderly Apache process 
>>>> shutdown and for memory pools to be destroyed for actions to be performed 
>>>> on process shutdown. The destruction of memory pools is not triggered via 
>>>> atexit().
>>>>
>>>> Do you also have a more extensive stack trace that that one line so I 
>>>> can see in what actual code the crash occurs? That may give me more clues.
>>>>
>>>> Graham
>>>>
>>>> On 13/05/2014, at 8:58 AM, Alex Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> we do not specifically add hook to atexit. It is called/triggered by 
>>>> apache frame work when a module is written within the apache 2.4 frame 
>>>> work. Also, mod_pagespeed used scoped point on their server context, it 
>>>> triggers auto clean once exit is called and library is unloaded. 
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, May 12, 2014 3:40:26 PM UTC-7, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> If your own Apache modules are using atexit() to perform cleanup on 
>>>>> process exit, rather than Apache's own mechanisms for performing cleanup 
>>>>> actions when the pool the module uses is cleaned up, then the atexit() 
>>>>> callback will have to take into consideration that under mod_wsgi when 
>>>>> using daemon mode, that the Apache module child init handler will not be 
>>>>> called in the daemon process for your Apache module. Thus the callback 
>>>>> should check whether global data pointers are in fact non NULL before 
>>>>> trying to do things with them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you confirm you are using atexit() callbacks in C code with your 
>>>>> Apache modules and explain at what point you are registering the callback 
>>>>> with atexit()?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a specific reason you are using atexit() callbacks rather 
>>>>> than doing the normal thing of in the Apache module child init handler 
>>>>> registering a cleanup callback on the memory pool given to the Apache 
>>>>> module on child init and relying on that being triggered by Apache when 
>>>>> shutting things down?
>>>>>
>>>>> Graham
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13/05/2014, at 8:23 AM, Alex Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> some are our own, one is mod_pagespeed. We use python 2.7.3 with 
>>>>> apache 2.4.7 in MPM mode. The segmentation fault is cleanup routine of 
>>>>> each 
>>>>> modules other than mod_wsgi after exit call.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, May 12, 2014 1:50:35 PM UTC-7, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13/05/2014, at 4:40 AM, Alex Wu <[email protected]> wrote: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > We have observed various segmentation fault caused by exit call 
>>>>>> from mod_wsgi 3.5: 
>>>>>> > 
>>>>>> > #20 0x00007f9490a94d96 in wsgi_start_process (p=<optimized out>, 
>>>>>> daemon=<optimized out>) at mod_wsgi.c:11969 
>>>>>> > 
>>>>>> > The exit call triggers cleanup from other modules, that cleanup 
>>>>>> caused segmentation fault, 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What version of Apache and Python are you using? 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What other non standard Apache modules are you using? For example, is 
>>>>>> PHP being used in the same Apache instance? 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Graham 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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