Hello, We have experienced this warning/error a few times: [Thu Jul 03 20:17:15 2014] [warn] (4)Interrupted system call: Failed to acquire SSL session cache lock After this has occurred, the Apache ErrorLog is flooded with these errors: [Thu Jul 03 20:17:57 2014] [error] shmcb_subcache_retrieve internal error [Thu Jul 03 20:17:58 2014] [error] shmcb_subcache_retrieve internal error [Thu Jul 03 20:17:58 2014] [error] shmcb_subcache_retrieve internal error [Thu Jul 03 20:17:59 2014] [error] shmcb_subcache_retrieve internal error Other symptoms as a result of this condition are significantly increased CPU utilization (at least doubled), and increase in time to establish connections when trying to use SSL session caching (tested with "openssl s_client -state -reconnect -connect server:port"). Apache restart is required to restore normal behavior. I have been unable to find any details of what the cause of this condition is, or how to prevent it having such undesirable consequences. Is this a known issue, or does anyone have any suggestions on how to prevent it happening again? OS: RHEL 5.9 OpenSSL version: 1.0.0e Apache httpd version: 2.2.21 Apache configure options used: ./configure --with-mpm=worker --with-included-apr \ --enable-static-support --enable-mods-shared=most \ --enable-proxy=shared --enable-proxy-connect=shared \ --enable-proxy-ftp=shared --enable-proxy-http=shared \ --enable-proxy-ajp=shared --enable-proxy-balancer=shared \ --enable-deflate --with-z=${PREFIX} \ --enable-ssl --with-ssl=${PREFIX} \ --prefix=${PREFIX} SSL related configuration options: SSLEngine on SSLSessionCache "shmcb:/path/to/ssl_scache(512000)" SSLSessionCacheTimeout 300 SSLMutex sem SSLProtocol all -SSLv2 SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:-LOW:-SSLv2:-EXP:-eNULL:-NULL Regards, Stu Tomlinson. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx