Hi Looks like the step 2 in your process is not working in the upgraded version of apache.
Therefore it is vomiting out the following: server reached MaxRequestWorkers setting, consider raising the MaxRequestWorkers setting Deepak "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated - Mahatma Gandhi" +91 73500 12833 deic...@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deicool LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/deicool "Plant a Tree, Go Green" Make In India : http://www.makeinindia.com/home On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:57 PM Patrick Verdon <patrick.ver...@youreko.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd appreciate some feedback on an issue I'm experiencing. I've spent > quite some time researching the problem as it causes a serious outage in > our application. I've searched the Web, Stack Overflow, this list's mail > archives, the latest Apache bugs, and more, but have not been able to find > any reports of a similar issue. > > Background. I'm running the latest Apache 2.4.51 on Amazon Linux with > mod_proxy, mod_php and mod_ssl with varnish in front. Some requests to our > application take about 45 seconds to complete so there is a warm-up cache > procedure at regular intervals during the day which primes the varnish > cache. The following steps reliably cause Apache to hang, requiring a > manual restart: > > 1. Varnish cache is cleared, causing spike in load on httpd > 2. Warm-up cache process kicks off with 2 long running requests (45 > seconds each). This is a PHP application running under mod_php - each > process grows up to 700 MB, so the application kills the httpd child > process at the end to release the memory, using posix_kill(PID, 28). > 3. Apache hangs and does not recover. Varnish serves 503s. > 4. Manual restart required: service httpd restart > 5. Errors in the log show that 2 children had segmentation faults, > presumably the 2 with long running processes. > > > Albeit ugly, this process has been running for a year and a half without > any issues. We traced the date that crashes started to the date Apache was > upgraded from version 2.4.46 to 2.4.48 and as you can see it's still an > issue in 2.4.51. > > See the error_log below and details about the installation. > > Any feedback on where to report this issue would be much appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Patrick > > -- > > # cat /var/log/httpd/error_log > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > *** Error in `/usr/sbin/httpd': corrupted size vs. prev_size: > 0x0000557f94567e4f *** > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > httpd: misc/apr_reslist.c:161: reslist_cleanup: Assertion `rl->ntotal == > 0' failed. > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990497 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3166 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990531 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3483 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990545 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2657 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990557 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2660 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990568 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2661 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990579 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3172 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990592 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2681 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990603 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3254 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990615 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2685 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990627 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2688 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990639 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3015 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990652 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2696 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990664 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2699 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990680 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2710 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990692 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2713 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990703 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3250 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990716 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2721 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990726 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2724 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990739 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2734 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990750 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3471 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990769 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3109 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:47.990781 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2741 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) > *** Error in `/usr/sbin/httpd': corrupted size vs. prev_size: > 0x0000557f94567e4f *** > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.056539 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 3019 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.056584 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2707 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.056599 2021] [core:notice] [pid 2620] AH00052: child > pid 2727 exit signal Aborted (6) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.056667 2021] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 2620] AH00169: > caught SIGTERM, shutting down > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.151770 2021] [suexec:notice] [pid 3575] AH01232: > suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec) > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.180621 2021] [http2:warn] [pid 3581] AH10034: The mpm > module (prefork.c) is not supported by mod_http2. The mpm determines how > things are processed in your server. HTTP/2 has more demands in this regard > and the currently selected mpm will just not do. This is an advisory > warning. Your server will continue to work, but the HTTP/2 protocol will be > inactive. > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.181146 2021] [lbmethod_heartbeat:notice] [pid 3581] > AH02282: No slotmem from mod_heartmonitor > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.243891 2021] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 3581] AH00163: > Apache/2.4.51 (Amazon) OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips configured -- resuming normal > operations > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:48.243923 2021] [core:notice] [pid 3581] AH00094: > Command line: '/usr/sbin/httpd' > [Sun Oct 17 15:53:49.244527 2021] [mpm_prefork:error] [pid 3581] AH00161: > server reached MaxRequestWorkers setting, consider raising the > MaxRequestWorkers setting > > # httpd -V > Server version: Apache/2.4.51 (Amazon) > Server built: Oct 8 2021 19:30:47 > Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:118 > Server loaded: APR 1.6.3, APR-UTIL 1.5.4 > Compiled using: APR 1.6.3, APR-UTIL 1.5.4 > Architecture: 64-bit > Server MPM: prefork > threaded: no > forked: yes (variable process count) > Server compiled with.... > -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE > -D APR_HAS_MMAP > -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled) > -D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE > -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE > -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT > -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD > -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS > -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=256 > -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd" > -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/sbin/suexec" > -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/var/run/httpd/httpd.pid" > -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status" > -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" > -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types" > -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" > > # httpd -M > Loaded Modules: > core_module (static) > so_module (static) > http_module (static) > access_compat_module (shared) > actions_module (shared) > alias_module (shared) > allowmethods_module (shared) > auth_basic_module (shared) > auth_digest_module (shared) > authn_anon_module (shared) > authn_core_module (shared) > authn_dbd_module (shared) > authn_dbm_module (shared) > authn_file_module (shared) > authn_socache_module (shared) > authz_core_module (shared) > authz_dbd_module (shared) > authz_dbm_module (shared) > authz_groupfile_module (shared) > authz_host_module (shared) > authz_owner_module (shared) > authz_user_module (shared) > autoindex_module (shared) > cache_module (shared) > cache_disk_module (shared) > cache_socache_module (shared) > data_module (shared) > dbd_module (shared) > deflate_module (shared) > dir_module (shared) > dumpio_module (shared) > echo_module (shared) > env_module (shared) > expires_module (shared) > ext_filter_module (shared) > filter_module (shared) > headers_module (shared) > http2_module (shared) > include_module (shared) > info_module (shared) > log_config_module (shared) > logio_module (shared) > macro_module (shared) > mime_magic_module (shared) > mime_module (shared) > negotiation_module (shared) > remoteip_module (shared) > reqtimeout_module (shared) > request_module (shared) > rewrite_module (shared) > setenvif_module (shared) > slotmem_plain_module (shared) > slotmem_shm_module (shared) > socache_dbm_module (shared) > socache_memcache_module (shared) > socache_shmcb_module (shared) > status_module (shared) > substitute_module (shared) > suexec_module (shared) > unixd_module (shared) > userdir_module (shared) > version_module (shared) > vhost_alias_module (shared) > watchdog_module (shared) > dav_module (shared) > dav_fs_module (shared) > dav_lock_module (shared) > lua_module (shared) > mpm_prefork_module (shared) > proxy_module (shared) > lbmethod_bybusyness_module (shared) > lbmethod_byrequests_module (shared) > lbmethod_bytraffic_module (shared) > lbmethod_heartbeat_module (shared) > proxy_ajp_module (shared) > proxy_balancer_module (shared) > proxy_connect_module (shared) > proxy_express_module (shared) > proxy_fcgi_module (shared) > proxy_fdpass_module (shared) > proxy_ftp_module (shared) > proxy_http_module (shared) > proxy_hcheck_module (shared) > proxy_scgi_module (shared) > proxy_uwsgi_module (shared) > proxy_wstunnel_module (shared) > ssl_module (shared) > cgi_module (shared) > php7_module (shared) > > # yum list | grep mod_ > lighttpd-mod_authn_gssapi.x86_64 1.4.53-1.36.amzn1 > amzn-updates > lighttpd-mod_authn_mysql.x86_64 1.4.53-1.36.amzn1 > amzn-updates > lighttpd-mod_authn_pam.x86_64 1.4.53-1.36.amzn1 > amzn-updates > lighttpd-mod_geoip.x86_64 1.4.53-1.36.amzn1 > amzn-updates > lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost.x86_64 1.4.53-1.36.amzn1 > amzn-updates > mod_auth_kerb.x86_64 5.4-10.9.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_auth_mellon.x86_64 0.13.1-1.6.amzn1 > amzn-updates > mod_auth_mysql.x86_64 1:3.0.0-18.10.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_auth_pgsql.x86_64 2.0.3-10.1.5.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_authz_ldap.x86_64 0.26-16.8.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_dav_svn.x86_64 1.9.7-1.54.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_fcgid.x86_64 2.3.9-1.6.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_geoip.x86_64 1.2.7-1.2.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_nss.x86_64 1.0.10-1.13.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_perl.x86_64 2.0.7-7.28.amzn1 > amzn-updates > mod_perl-devel.x86_64 2.0.7-7.28.amzn1 > amzn-updates > mod_proxy_html.x86_64 3.1.2-7.3.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_python26.x86_64 3.3.1-17.20.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_python27.x86_64 3.3.1-17.20.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_security.x86_64 2.8.0-5.27.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_security_crs.noarch 2.2.8-2.5.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_security_crs-extras.noarch 2.2.8-2.5.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_ssl.x86_64 1:2.2.34-1.16.amzn1 > amzn-main > mod_wsgi-python26.x86_64 3.2-6.12.amzn1 > amzn-updates > mod_wsgi-python27.x86_64 3.2-6.12.amzn1 > amzn-updates > > *--* > > *Patrick Verdon | Founder* > Web: www.youreko.com > Mobile: +44 (0)7809 296438 > Skype: patrick_verdon > > This entire communication is sent on behalf of > Youreko Ltd and is strictly confidential to and > for the sole use of the intended addressee. > > Registered in England - 7448349 > >
