Two piped logging bugs filed against RHEL3 (bug 157832, bug 127981) also affect httpd in RHEL4: 1. there is an fd leak when spawning piped loggers, which can eventually use up all fds e.g. prevent new piped loggers from starting, etc. (bug 157832) 2. the "read" end of the pipe created to a piped logger is not closed. During a graceful restart, after the httpd parent kills a piped logger helper, the pipe is never closed since each child has both ends of the pipe open. When a lingering child writes log entries to the pipe, it will then hang once the pipe buffer fills up, since nobody is reading from the other end. (bug 127981)
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-622.html