Bug 807860 - Apache hang on kernel 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5 with large StartServers and low MaxSpareServers [NEEDINFO]
Summary: Apache hang on kernel 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5 with large StartServers and low MaxS...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.8
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Red Hat Kernel Manager
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-03-28 23:53 UTC by ryanfox
Modified: 2014-06-02 13:05 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-06-02 13:05:19 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
pm-rhel: needinfo? (ryanfox)


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Description ryanfox 2012-03-28 23:53:10 UTC
Description of problem:
	I am able to reliably reproduce an Apache hang (clients connect and wait forever for response) using these prefork mpm settings and kernel 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5. Booting off an earlier kernel (kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5) allows this to work as expected.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RH 5.8
kernel-2.6.18-308.1.1.el5
httpd-2.2.3-63.el5


How reproducible:
always


Steps to Reproduce:
httpd.conf

<IfModule prefork.c>
StartServers 1024
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 20
ServerLimit 1024
MaxClients 1024
MaxRequestsPerChild 4000
</IfModule>

apachectl restart
while [ 1 == 1 ]; do curl -s http://localhost -o /dev/null; done


Actual results:
After several minutes, apache stops responding to requests. (Unresponsive state occurs naturally after about 10 minutes, but above curl loop speeds up the process to just a few)


Expected results:
requests are served quickly


Additional info:

Comment 1 Richard Karhuse 2012-05-25 20:13:48 UTC
Seeing the same issue.

CaseID:  00647579 

Also, see bug:  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681578

Some other info from the Net for Apache:  http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5634

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2014-03-07 12:42:04 UTC
This bug/component is not included in scope for RHEL-5.11.0 which is the last RHEL5 minor release. This Bugzilla will soon be CLOSED as WONTFIX (at the end of RHEL5.11 development phase (Apr 22, 2014)). Please contact your account manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2014-06-02 13:05:19 UTC
Thank you for submitting this request for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. We've carefully evaluated the request, but are unable to include it in RHEL5 stream. If the issue is critical for your business, please provide additional business justification through the appropriate support channels (https://access.redhat.com/site/support).


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