From nobody@hyperreal.com Wed Jun 25 01:57:36 1997 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by hyperreal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA22637; Wed, 25 Jun 1997 01:57:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199706250857.BAA22637@hyperreal.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 01:57:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Karsten W. Rohrbach" Reply-To: rohrbach@nacamar.net To: apbugs@hyperreal.com Subject: Apache refuses to answer request with more than 124 entries X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 782 >Category: os-freebsd >Synopsis: Apache refuses to answer request with more than 124 entries >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: closed >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 25 02:00:02 1997 >Last-Modified: Wed Jun 25 08:27:17 PDT 1997 >Originator: rohrbach@nacamar.net >Organization: >Release: 1.2.0 >Environment: rohrbach@brain[~]3% uname -a FreeBSD SuperNaturalMonsterBrain.www.nacamar.de 2.2.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 3 17:51:37 CEST 1997 root@SuperNaturalMonsterBrain.www.nacamar.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/WEBMONSTER-APHEX i386 rohrbach@brain[~]4% gcc -v gcc version 2.7.2.1 rohrbach@brain[~]5% dmesg|head Copyright (c) 1992-1997 FreeBSD Inc. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 3 17:51:37 CEST 1997 root@SuperNaturalMonsterBrain.www.nacamar.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/WEBMONSTER-APHEX CPU: Pentium Pro (199.43-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x619 Stepping=9 Features=0xfbff,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV> real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) >Description: the 1.2.0 does not answer any requests anymore when there are over 124 entries. 1.2b8 just dies with a SIGBUS. MAXUSERS is set to 256, the whole system is pretty unlimited. i tried kern.somaxconn with values over 256, no change in behaviour. seems pretty much like we're running into a freebsd bug here >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open-closed State-Changed-By: marc State-Changed-When: Wed Jun 25 08:27:17 PDT 1997 State-Changed-Why: There are MANY existing PRs in the database about the same thing and there is an entry in the FAQ about it at http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#fdlim Please read it. Note that there is a bug in FreeBSD libraries that prevents using high numbered file descriptors for certain things. When Apache 1.2.1 is released, it should include a change to work around the broken libraries. >Unformatted: