Hello, I have a Solaris 10 server running apache 2.2.17 and on a weekly basis its creating zombies and increasing the load to the point where we have to restart it every Thursday night. There are 6 apache instances running on this box but this is the only one seeing the issue. There have been no changes to the box that I am aware of or the developers are aware of. I've included a lot of output as I'm not sure what will be helpful and what won't. Any info or steps to resolve this is most appreciated. TIA. Jeff bash-3.00# ulimit -a core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited file size (blocks, -f) unlimited open files (-n) 256 pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 10 stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited max user processes (-u) 29995 virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited bash-3.00# netstat -an|grep 172.23.181.34.80|wc -l 3438 bash-3.00# uptime 1:43pm up 343 day(s), 2:59, 2 users, load average: 4.41, 4.50, 4.39 SunOS 5.10 Generic_142909-17 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5120 httpd.conf ServerRoot "/web/apache2-prod-showcase_second" Listen 172.23.181.34:80 LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so <IfModule !mpm_netware_module> <IfModule !mpm_winnt_module> User csdrd Group daemon </IfModule> </IfModule> ServerAdmin webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx ServerName xx.xxxxx.com DocumentRoot "/apps/doc-root" ErrorLog "logs/error_log" LogLevel warn DefaultType text/plain # Cache control ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 weeks" ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 weeks" ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 weeks" ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 weeks" ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 weeks" FileETag none ProxyRequests Off ProxyPreserveHost On <Proxy *> Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from all </Proxy> ProxyPass /showcase/explore balancer://exploreutc stickysession=JSESSIONID|jsessionid timeout=5 lbmethod=byrequests nofail over=Off # Port 8180 service bind <Proxy balancer://exploreutc> BalancerMember http://172.22.81.99:8080/utc route=host3 BalancerMember http://172.22.81.100:8080/utc route=host4 BalancerMember http://172.22.81.99:8180/utc route=host3a BalancerMember http://172.22.81.100:8180/utc route=host4a </Proxy> <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Deny from all </Directory> <Directory "/apps/doc-root"> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory "/web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <FilesMatch "^\.ht"> Order allow,deny Deny from all Satisfy All </FilesMatch> <IfModule dir_module> DirectoryIndex index_explore.html </IfModule> <IfModule log_config_module> LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common <IfModule logio_module> # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio </IfModule> </IfModule> <IfModule alias_module> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/cgi-bin/" </IfModule> <IfModule cgid_module> </IfModule> <IfModule mime_module> TypesConfig conf/mime.types AddType application/x-compress .Z AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz </IfModule> <IfModule ssl_module> SSLRandomSeed startup builtin SSLRandomSeed connect builtin </IfModule> bash-3.00# ./httpd -S VirtualHost configuration: Syntax OK bash-3.00# ./httpd -V Server version: Apache/2.2.17 (Unix) Server built: Mar 16 2011 16:19:54 Server's Module Magic Number: 20051115:25 Server loaded: APR 1.4.2, APR-Util 1.3.10 Compiled using: APR 1.4.2, APR-Util 1.3.10 Architecture: 32-bit Server MPM: Worker threaded: yes (fixed thread count) forked: yes (variable process count) Server compiled with.... -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/worker" -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE -D APR_HAS_MMAP -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled) -D APR_USE_PROC_PTHREAD_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=128 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/web/apache2-prod-showcase_second" -D SUEXEC_BIN="/web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/bin/suexec" -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" bash-3.00# pstack 7619 7619: /web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/bin/httpd -k start fecccdbc pollsys (ffbff868, 0, ffbff8d0, 0) fec68590 pselect (ffbff868, fed34728, fed34728, 0, ffbff8d0, 0) + 1c8 fec68908 select (0, 0, 0, 0, ffbff938, 0) + a0 ff0219b8 apr_sleep (0, f4240, ffbffa4c, 0, eb610, 11176) + 4c 0004aadc ap_wait_or_timeout (ffbffa4c, ffbffa48, ffbffad0, eb610, dd000, e0400) + 60 0009a764 ap_mpm_run (fead01d8, 1c, 0, 20, 6, 3e) + 218 0002fcc8 main (eb610, db400, ddc00, ddc00, e9608, 0) + 76c 0002f08c _start (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 5c 16042 csdrd 20M 16M cpu20 50 0 3:52:05 3.1% httpd/24 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/65 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/64 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/63 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/62 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/61 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/60 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/59 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/58 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/57 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/56 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/55 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/54 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/53 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/52 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/51 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/50 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/49 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/48 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/47 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/46 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/45 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/44 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/43 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/42 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/41 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/40 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/39 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/38 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/37 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/36 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/35 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/34 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/33 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/32 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/31 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/30 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/29 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/28 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/27 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/26 16042 csdrd 20M 16M zombie 0 - 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/25 16042 csdrd 20M 16M sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% httpd/1 bash-3.00# pstack 16042 16042: /web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/bin/httpd -k start ----------------- lwp# 1 / thread# 1 -------------------- feccd210 lwp_wait (18, ffbff7d4) fecc60f0 _thrp_join (18, 0, ffbff83c, 1, ffbff7d4, fed35900) + 34 ff020778 apr_thread_join (ffbff8bc, 19aef8, 2, 0, 1, c6bf0) + c 00099f28 join_workers (54, 1b3ee8, 99ab8, 19a810, 0, 1) + ec 0009a27c child_main (7, 98e0c, 0, 0, fed35960, ff172a00) + 270 0009a45c make_child (ddc00, 7, 1, e0c00, dd000, e0400) + 128 0009ac8c ap_mpm_run (fead0198, 18, 0, 20, 1, 15) + 740 0002fcc8 main (eb610, db400, ddc00, ddc00, e9608, 0) + 76c 0002f08c _start (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 5c ----------------- lwp# 24 / thread# 24 -------------------- ff1577dc apr_brigade_cleanup (a5a500, 0, 10c0c, fec6367c, fee58624, a5a4f0) + 18 ff014ab8 run_cleanups (a39a80, 0, 4, 0, 1, a65b00) + 20 ff015b94 apr_pool_destroy (a39a70, a35aa0, ff017ddc, 0, de520, 0) + 38 ff015dec apr_pool_clear (a35a60, a35aa0, a35aa0, 1d5, 0, 19ab58) + 1c 00099a2c worker_thread (19aef8, 7, 0, e0400, e0400, 54) + 230 ff020640 dummy_worker (19aef8, fd47c000, 0, 0, ff020634, 1) + c fecc94f0 _lwp_start (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) ----------------- lwp# 25 / thread# 25 -------------------- ff020634 dummy_worker(), exit value = 0x00000000 ** zombie (exited, not detached, not yet joined) ** ----------------- lwp# 26 / thread# 26 -------------------- ff020634 dummy_worker(), exit value = 0x00000000 ** zombie (exited, not detached, not yet joined) ** <SNIP more of the same.....> bash-3.00# pfiles 16042 16042: /web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/bin/httpd -k start Current rlimit: 65536 file descriptors 0: S_IFCHR mode:0666 dev:348,0 ino:6815752 uid:0 gid:3 rdev:13,2 O_RDONLY /devices/pseudo/mm@0:null 1: S_IFCHR mode:0666 dev:348,0 ino:6815752 uid:0 gid:3 rdev:13,2 O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC /devices/pseudo/mm@0:null 2: S_IFREG mode:0644 dev:32,26 ino:110758 uid:0 gid:0 size:570041 O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_LARGEFILE /web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/logs/error_log 4: S_IFDOOR mode:0444 dev:357,0 ino:42 uid:0 gid:0 size:0 O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE FD_CLOEXEC door to pid -1 5: S_IFIFO mode:0000 dev:346,0 ino:2614440 uid:0 gid:0 size:0 O_RDWR FD_CLOEXEC 6: S_IFIFO mode:0000 dev:346,0 ino:2614440 uid:0 gid:0 size:0 O_RDWR FD_CLOEXEC 7: S_IFREG mode:0644 dev:32,26 ino:110763 uid:0 gid:0 size:1240942649 O_WRONLY|O_APPEND|O_CREAT|O_LARGEFILE FD_CLOEXEC /web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/logs/access_log 18: S_IFSOCK mode:0666 dev:355,0 ino:10041 uid:0 gid:0 size:0 O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK FD_CLOEXEC SOCK_STREAM SO_SNDBUF(49152),SO_RCVBUF(49640),IP_NEXTHOP(0.0.193.232) sockname: AF_INET 172.22.81.122 port: 50949 peername: AF_INET 172.22.81.100 port: 8180 24: S_IFSOCK mode:0666 dev:355,0 ino:40577 uid:0 gid:0 size:0 O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK FD_CLOEXEC SOCK_STREAM SO_SNDBUF(49152),SO_RCVBUF(49640),IP_NEXTHOP(0.0.193.232) sockname: AF_INET 172.22.81.122 port: 51076 peername: AF_INET 172.22.81.99 port: 8180 48: S_IFSOCK mode:0666 dev:355,0 ino:41083 uid:0 gid:0 size:0 O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK FD_CLOEXEC SOCK_STREAM SO_SNDBUF(49152),SO_RCVBUF(49640),IP_NEXTHOP(0.0.193.232) sockname: AF_INET 172.22.81.122 port: 50927 peername: AF_INET 172.22.81.100 port: 8180 49: S_IFSOCK mode:0666 dev:355,0 ino:27268 uid:0 gid:0 size:0 O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK FD_CLOEXEC SOCK_STREAM SO_SNDBUF(49152),SO_RCVBUF(49640),IP_NEXTHOP(0.0.193.232) sockname: AF_INET 172.22.81.122 port: 51025 peername: AF_INET 172.22.81.99 port: 8180 51: S_IFSOCK mode:0666 dev:355,0 ino:10997 uid:0 gid:0 size:0 O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK FD_CLOEXEC SOCK_STREAM SO_SNDBUF(49152),SO_RCVBUF(49640),IP_NEXTHOP(0.0.193.232) sockname: AF_INET 172.22.81.122 port: 50900 peername: AF_INET 172.22.81.99 port: 8180 bash-3.00# ldd httpd libssl.so.1.0.0 => /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0 libcrypto.so.1.0.0 => /usr/local/ssl/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1 libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2 libaprutil-1.so.0 => /web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0 libexpat.so.0 => /web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/lib/libexpat.so.0 libiconv.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.2 libapr-1.so.0 => /web/apache2-prod-showcase_second/lib/libapr-1.so.0 libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 libsendfile.so.1 => /lib/libsendfile.so.1 librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 libsocket.so.1 => /lib/libsocket.so.1 libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 libpthread.so.1 => /lib/libpthread.so.1 libc.so.1 => /lib/libc.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 libaio.so.1 => /lib/libaio.so.1 libmd.so.1 => /lib/libmd.so.1 libmp.so.2 => /lib/libmp.so.2 libscf.so.1 => /lib/libscf.so.1 libdoor.so.1 => /lib/libdoor.so.1 libuutil.so.1 => /lib/libuutil.so.1 libgen.so.1 => /lib/libgen.so.1 /platform/SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5120/lib/libc_psr.so.1 /platform/SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5120/lib/libmd_psr.so.1 ________________________________ This message may contain confidential information. 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