Re: squid 1.1.21 dies with signal 6 every hour

> Do you have any log file rotation scripts running out of your cron every
> hour? I had a similiar problem to this on BSDI a while ago that resulted
> in a crash like this every night at about 00:00:06 or so (when my log
> script would `kill -USR1` Squid). The solution for me was to use the gnu
> malloc library and then very carefully tweak the cache_mem and associated
> high/low watermark parameters.

No, I rotate my logfiles once a month (Yes, they are big :-)). Also, it
doesn't happen always but only if there is activity. For example, last
friday it happend nearly every hour during daytime but from friday
night until now (sunday) it happend never.

I don't have a core file either...

        -Andre

> > Hi,
> >
> > got a strange problem after upgrading from 1.1.20 to 1.1.21. Here
> > is an extract of my syslog:
> >
> > Mar 27 09:00:08 curry.top.tld kern.info /kernel: pid 6821 (squid), uid 510: exited on signal 6
> > Mar 27 09:00:18 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[11063]: Starting Squid Cache version 1.1.21 for i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.6...
> > Mar 27 09:00:20 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[11063]: Ready to serve requests.
> > Mar 27 10:00:09 curry.top.tld kern.info /kernel: pid 11063 (squid), uid 510: exited on signal 6
> > Mar 27 10:00:20 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[11304]: Starting Squid Cache version 1.1.21 for i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.6...
> > Mar 27 10:00:22 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[11304]: Ready to serve requests.
> > Mar 27 11:00:08 curry.top.tld kern.info /kernel: pid 11304 (squid), uid 510: exited on signal 6
> > Mar 27 11:00:19 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[11614]: Starting Squid Cache version 1.1.21 for i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.6...
> > Mar 27 11:00:21 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[11614]: Ready to serve requests.
> > Mar 27 12:00:08 curry.top.tld kern.info /kernel: pid 11614 (squid), uid 510: exited on signal 6
> > Mar 27 12:00:18 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[11970]: Starting Squid Cache version 1.1.21 for i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.6...
> > Mar 27 12:00:20 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[11970]: Ready to serve requests.
> > Mar 27 14:00:15 curry.top.tld kern.info /kernel: pid 11970 (squid), uid 510: exited on signal 6
> > Mar 27 14:00:25 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[12545]: Starting Squid Cache version 1.1.21 for i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.6...
> > Mar 27 14:00:27 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[12545]: Ready to serve requests.
> > Mar 27 15:00:08 curry.top.tld kern.info /kernel: pid 12545 (squid), uid 510: exited on signal 6
> > Mar 27 15:00:19 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[13031]: Starting Squid Cache version 1.1.21 for i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.6...
> > Mar 27 15:00:21 curry.top.tld local4.err squid[13031]: Ready to serve requests.
> >
> >
> > It's funny that squid dies only every full hour and only during the daytime
> > when my clients are busy. Now my question: What's happening every full hour
> > so I can try to track the problem...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Andre
Received on Sun Mar 29 1998 - 02:11:18 MST