Re: [squid-users] Squid exited due to signal 11

If you're running under any reasonably recent version of FreeBSD or Linux
then please do not use dlmalloc. Just use the system malloc.

And yes, please consider upgrading to Squid-2.6.

Adrian

On Tue, Sep 11, 2007, Tahmeed wrote:
>
> Hello Tek Bahadur Limbu,
>
> Thanks for reply.
>
> Output of 'squid -v' follows:
>
> Squid Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE12
> configure options: --enable-dlmalloc --enable-snmp
> --enable-dlmalloc --enable-storeio=diskd,ufs
> --enable-large-cache-files
>
> I am running wccp in the server forgot to mention this
> though.
>
> The hardware is HP Proliant with 4GB RAM and approx
> 70 GB SCSI HDD. I dont find any logs relating to HW
> error in the log files.
>
> Also to be noted that such error logs arise only
> during the peak hour and after that there is no error
> log against squid.
>
> I did read the post from Henrick. And I will try to
> scrutinize my hardware and am also thinking of
> upgrading to latest version.
>
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Tahmeed
>
>
> --- Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tahmeed,
> >
> > Tahmeed wrote:
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I am using RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 with
> > > Squid 2.5STABLE12.
> > >
> > > Every now and then a log is generated in the
> > > /var/log/messages file stating that
> > >
> > > Squid Parent: Child process exited due to signal
> > 11
> > >
> > > Now that signal 11 means memory problem I am a bit
> >
> > > confused about what to do. I did find a similar
> > post
> > > but it was not clear to me. So here i am posting
> > > again.
> > >
> > > After the process is killed it is autometically
> > > restarted sometime afterwards.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions are most welcomed.
> >
> > What's your hardware configuration? What is the
> > output of "squid -v"?
> >
> > Can you post the relevant parts of your squid.conf?
> >
> > You might want to check out the following post by
> > Henrik even though
> > it's way back in 2002!
> >
> >
> http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200206/0116.html
> >
> > Reading the post above, your problem could also be
> > related to hardware.
> > You should probably run some kind of memory tests!
> >
> > I think that the best suggestion would be to upgrade
> > to the latest
> > stable version of Squid which is currently
> > squid-2.6.STABLE16.
> >
> > You will definitely see significant improvements and
> > benefits.
> >
> > Check out the URL below to get the latest version of
> > Squid-2.6.
> >
> >
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE16.tar.gz
> >
> >
> > Hope it helps.
> >
> >
> > Thanking you...
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in Advance
> > >
> > >
> > > Tahmeed
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > --
> >
> > With best regards and good wishes,
> >
> > Yours sincerely,
> >
> > Tek Bahadur Limbu
> >
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> >
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