Hi, Parent httpd process isn't spawning a new replacement child in a timely fashion, after MaxRequestsPerChild has been hit and the child worker httpd has exited with the below settings: Timeout 70 KeepAlive On KeepAliveTimeout 60 <IfModule mpm_worker_module> StartServers 2 MaxClients 150 MinSpareThreads 25 MaxSpareThreads 75 ThreadsPerChild 25 MaxRequestsPerChild 10000 </IfModule> Please let me know if any modifications required in httpd.conf file settings to create new child process Thanks & Regards, matty On 7/13/10, Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Matty Ronald <matty.rnld@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Can anyone help me Why parent httpd process isn't spawning a new >> replacement child in a timely fashion, after MaxRequestsPerChild has >> been hit and the child worker httpd has exited. >> > > The parent doesn't necessarily have to replace a child that exits due > to MaxRequestsPerChild, if you're not below MinSpareThreads. > >> When and how does the parent pid get notified that it is time for the >> child to die because MaxRequestsPerChild has been reached? > > The child offs itself, and the parent both checks every second to see > if a child has exited and knows which indvidual threads are still > running and which have exited, so it can keep track of Min/Max > SpareThreads. > >> Does the child send back to the parent that it is servicing it's last >> client BEFORE it starts doing so or does the parent in some way keep >> track of how many clients the child has serviced or what? > > All the bookeeping is in the child. The parent only tells the child > it's time to exit for MaxSpareThreads (children can't figure that out > on their own) and restarts. > > -- > Eric Covener > covener@xxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx