Bug 817928 - Apache with high MaxClient values hang with 308 kernel release
Summary: Apache with high MaxClient values hang with 308 kernel release
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 804778
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: httpd
Version: 5.8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
: 5.8
Assignee: Joe Orton
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-05-01 20:16 UTC by Jamie Duncan
Modified: 2012-05-01 21:01 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-05-01 21:01:26 UTC
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Description Jamie Duncan 2012-05-01 20:16:43 UTC 
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
patch -p0 << EOF
--- /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 2012-04-12 12:34:41.000000000 -0700
+++ /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.new 2012-04-12 12:35:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@
 # MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start
 # MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
 <IfModule prefork.c>
-StartServers 8
+StartServers 1001
 MinSpareServers 5
 MaxSpareServers 20
-ServerLimit 256
-MaxClients 256
+ServerLimit 1001
+MaxClients 1001
 MaxRequestsPerChild 4000
 </IfModule>
EOF
service httpd start
ab -n 2000 -c 1 http://127.0.0.1/icons/blank.gif [^]

  
Actual results:
Apache hangs, essentially going catatonic.

Expected results:
Apache would serve content normally


Additional info:
http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=5634
Comment 1 Jamie Duncan 2012-05-01 21:01:26 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 804778 ***
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