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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 19:49:44 -0600
From: Randy Terbush <randy@zyzzyva.com>
Subject: Re: WWW Form Bug Report: "server hangs frequently" on NeXT (fwd) 
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Subject: Re: WWW Form Bug Report: "server hangs frequently" on NeXT (fwd) 
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 19:49:44 -0600
From: Randy Terbush <randy@sierra.zyzzyva.com>

Geoffry,

Looks like the waitpid() that Apache is supplying may not be
sophisticated enough to be used in this new code. You might
try changing the #if at L967 of http_main.c to 0, or at the
very least, pull the wait_or_timeout() function out of the
section below.

This looks like some of Ben's code. Perhaps he could comment
on it. I quickly glanced at the FreeBSD code to see if I could
find a better waitpid() but struck out.


> ----- Forwarded message from Geoffrey T. Falk -----
> 
> Message-Id: <199612120007.TAA01218@theorem.math.rochester.edu>
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> From: "Geoffrey T. Falk" <gtf@cirp.org>
> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 96 19:07:57 -0500
> To: Rob Hartill <robh@imdb.com>
> Subject: Re: WWW Form Bug Report: "server hangs frequently" on NeXT
> References: <199612110258.CAA16340>
> 
> Rob,
> 
> This relates to my earlier bug report. I have made some more progress in  
> analyzing the problem.
> 
> The child processes seem to be dying. When they are all dead, the server  
> cannot respond to requests.
> 
> According to GDB, the parent process gets stuck in a loop, in the function  
> wait_or_timeout(). It is waiting for a valid return value from waitpid()  
> (file http_main.c line 973). However this keeps returning -1, even if there  
> are connection requests. I looked at the code for waitpid() in util.c. It is  
> returning failure because there are no children left.
> 
> I have no idea why the children are dying off. As a workaround, I have  
> written a program to periodically check to see if the server is responding;  
> and if not, send it a HUP. (Graceful restarts have their own problems).
> 
> I am not compiling with any unusual options except -DNEXT.
> 
> Please help me fix this bug. It is a critical problem.
> 
> Thanks
> g.
> 
> ----- End of forwarded message from Geoffrey T. Falk -----
> 
> -- 
> Rob Hartill.       Internet Movie Database Ltd.    http://www.imdb.com/  


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