Re: long ago: squid 2.2.STABLE4 on IBM AIX 4.3.x

Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 02:44:26AM +0200
Quoting Toni (toni@telecom.at):

Any new informations concerning the named problems?
Or have all AIX-squid-admins changed to Solaris ( like we will do
if problems can be solved [heeeii Austin wake up!]).

Thank you for any information,

Woifi.

> >
> > hi!
> >
> > i searched the list archives but couldn't find anything appropriate
> > regarding this problem:
> >
> > we deploy squid on IBM RS/6000 machines running AIX 4.3.1.0
> > as well as 4.3.2.0, and we're experiencing very frequent core
> > dumps and erratic behaviour of the application -- squid usually
> > dies spontaneously after about an hour of operation. unfortunately
> > there's not much information in the logs to be found (with one exception,
> > see below):
> >
> > > /squid/bin/RunCache[22]: 15358 Illegal instruction(coredump)
> >
> > > 15:35:59| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 for powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.2.0...
> > > 16:54:44| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> > > 17:57:35| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> > > 18:58:03| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> > > 19:40:15| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> > > 20:41:14| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> > > 21:39:03| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> > > 22:25:37| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> > > 00:31:36| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> >
> > all of these appear as having caught SIGILL,
> > and there is no further information in AIX's errpt:
> >
> > > Description
> > > SOFTWARE PROGRAM ABNORMALLY TERMINATED
> > > Probable Causes
> > > SOFTWARE PROGRAM
> > > User Causes
> > > USER GENERATED SIGNAL
> > > Detail Data
> > > SIGNAL NUMBER
> > > 4
> > > USER'S PROCESS ID:
> > > 14718
> > > FILE SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER
> > > 20
> > > INODE NUMBER
> > > 2
> > > PROGRAM NAME
> > > squid
> > > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> > > ??
> > > ??
> > > Unable to generate symptom string.
> >
> >
> > however, there is an exception:
> >
> > > FATAL: xstrdup: tried to dup a NULL pointer!
> > > Squid Cache (Version 2.2.STABLE4): Terminated abnormally.
> > > 23:26:36| Starting Squid Cache version 2.2.STABLE4 ...
> >
> > AIX's errdaemon records this particular crash with
> > > Detail Data
> > > SIGNAL NUMBER
> > > 11
> > > USER'S PROCESS ID:
> > > 16906
> > > FILE SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER
> > > 20
> > > INODE NUMBER
> > > 2
> > > PROGRAM NAME
> > > squid
> > > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> > > malloc_y 4C0
> > > malloc_y 420
> > > malloc F0
> > > _findbuf 7C
> > > _wrtchk 90
> > > fwrite_un 98
> > > fwrite 8C
> > > _doprnt 174C
> > > vfprintf 9C
> > > __syslog_ 30C
> > > syslog 44
> > > _db_print 108
> > > storeDirW E8
> > > death 68
> > > ??
> >
> > squid has been compiled with egcs-1.1.1, without any fancy
> > defines or features, but we are experiencing the same problems
> > with 2.2.STABLE3/gcc 2.8.1 too. i'd appreciate any comments on why this
> > is happening; does anyone else have similar troubles?
> >
> > thank you,
> > --
> > Toni Andjelkovic | (TA627-RIPE) |
> > toni@telecom.at | iT Austria |
> > --------------------------------------------------
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