Re: [squid-users] Squid exits frequently on signal 6

>Hello,

>I am baffled by a problem where squid exits abnormally, and quite
>frequently. I am running Squid 2.4STABLE4 on a 2.2.21pre2 Linux 1GB RAM,
>AUFS on 3 SCSI disks. I recently upgraded to a P4/1800Mhz since I was under
>the impression it could be a load issue, however I have come to terms with
>the fact that this can happen even at lower loads and therefore not related
>to lack of hardware performance.

>The cache.log is not very helpful as to the cause, however the syslogs
>reports the following:

>Mar 8 16:41:45 squid[550]: Squid Parent: child process 552 started
>Mar 8 17:55:39 squid[550]: Squid Parent: child process 552 exited due to
 quid[8224]: Squid Parent: child process 8226 started

>The "xrealloc" message I have only seen once, the exit due to signal 6 is at
>least 3-4 times a day. Sometimes, squid gets caught in an infinite loop and
>I have to kill it and restart it manually.

>What I find strange is that the last entry to the cache.log is something
>normal, and suddenly I get a "squid terminated abnormally" message and it
>rebuilds the store.

>Would anyone be kind enough to point me in the right direction? Could it be
>a lack of RAM?

  Perhaps the gcc is buggy in the context of the P4.
  You may try to compile without optimization.

  Anyone got SQUID experience on P4 systems ?

 M.E.

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