Re: [squid-users] squid crashes periodically without logging error message, signal 8, Arithmetic exception

On 26/02/11 04:54, Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo, Marc,
>
> Du meintest am 25.02.11:
>
>>>> our squid crashes from time to time without logging error
>>>> messages. I started gdb on the core file - disclaimer: gdb
>>>> is totally new for me - and here is what gdb says:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> Version: Squid 2.6.STABLE18 on Ubuntu 08.04 LTS
>>>
>>> What about updating to an actual version, p.e. 2.7STABLE9 or 3.1.11?
>
> [...]
>
>> I just want to rule out that a likely cause for this issue are
>> Hardware failures, defect RAM or something like that, that cannot be
>> fixed by installing a new version.
>
> May be a colleague some hours away has a similar problem (with squid-
> 2.6STABLE16, the system is about 3 years old); next week I'll watch that
> system.

FWIW signal 8 is a floating point exception. Usually associated with
dying memory or overclocked CPUs.

The newer versions may have better math code (particularly 64-bit math
support), but the chances of an upgrade being any different are slim
unless it is a corrupted binary.

Amos

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   Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE9 or 3.1.11
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