Try squid-2.7; a bunch of delay pools related fixes went into there which should be fix the reconfigure case? Adrian 2008/7/22 Leandro Oliveira da Silva <leandro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello all! > > I have a strange problem with squid. I use squid not for caching, but for > control with squidGuard, manage two links using tcp_outgoing_address and > control traffic with delay_pool. > Because of a known bug in 2.6 versions I couldn't use the delay pool since I > use reconfigure from time to time and in 3.0 it's working fine, but every > time I use reconfigure the "Total memory in arena" increases 300k aprox > (also noted using top and ps), in a few hours the memory is all used up and > it stars to use swap. I have servers using 3.0STABLE1, stable5 and stable8 > and it happens in all of them. > The main reason for using the squid -k reconfigure is that I have users > logging in and out all day long (and night sometimes) and I need reload the > squidguard. I've read in this list that I can use just squid –k rotate, but > sometimes I need to reconfigure because of changes in the internet address > (for tcp_outgoing_address) or rules for delay_pool. > My question is why the memory increases in every reconfigure? I've already > disables delay_pools, tcp_outgoing_address, squidguard and any created acls > and the problem persists. > Below is my squid.conf and spec of one of my server. Any help is > appreciate. > > Thanks, > Leandro > > CPU model name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (some servers with Dual > Core) > Memory: 1GB (some servers with 2GB) > Kernel: 2.6.25 (som with 2.6.23) > Linux: Mandriva 2008.0 > > [root@localhost ~]# squidclient mgr:info | grep 'in arena' > Total space in arena: 122608 KB > [root@localhost ~]# squid –k reconfigure > [root@localhost ~]# squidclient mgr:info | grep 'in arena';date > Total space in arena: 123004 KB > > Squid.conf: > > auth_param basic children 5 > auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server > auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours > auth_param basic casesensitive off > acl manager proto cache_object > acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 > acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 > acl SSL_ports port 443 > acl Safe_ports port 80 # http > acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp > acl Safe_ports port 443 # https > acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher > acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais > acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports > acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt > acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http > acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker > acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http > acl CONNECT method CONNECT > http_access allow manager localhost > http_access deny manager > http_access deny !Safe_ports > http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports > http_access allow all > http_reply_access allow all > icp_access allow all > htcp_access allow all > http_port 3128 transparent > hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? > cache_dir null /dev/null > access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid > cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log > cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log > pid_filename /var/run/squid.pid > acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? > cache deny QUERY > refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 > refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 > refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 > cache_effective_user squid > cache_effective_group squid > visible_hostname 10.125.123.1 > icp_port 0 > htcp_port 0 > no_cache deny all > dns_nameservers 127.0.0.1 > hosts_file none > coredump_dir /var/cache > > > > squid –v: > Squid Cache: Version 3.0.STABLE8 > configure options: '--target' 'i586-mandriva-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' > '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/sbin' > '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc/squid' '--datadir=/usr/share' > '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' > '--libexecdir=/usr/lib/squid' '--localstatedir=/var' > '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' > '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include' > '--x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib' '--enable-icap-support' '--enable-poll' > '--enable-snmp' '--enable-removal-policies=heap,lru' > '--enable-storeio=aufs,coss,diskd,ufs,null' '--enable-useragent-log' > '--enable-referer-log' '--enable-cachemgr-hostname=localhost' > '--enable-truncate' '--enable-underscores' '--enable-carp' > '--enable-async-io' '--enable-htcp' '--enable-delay-pools' > '--enable-linux-netfilter' '--enable-ssl' '--enable-arp-acl' > '--enable-auth=basic,digest,ntlm' > '--enable-basic-auth-helpers=multi-domain-NTLM,getpwnam,YP,SMB,PAM,NCSA,MSNT > ,LDAP' '--enable-ntlm-auth-helpers=SMB,fakeauth,no_check' > '--enable-digest-auth-helpers=password' > '--enable-external-acl-helpers=ip_user,ldap_group,unix_group,wbinfo_group' > '--disable-follow-x-forwarded-for' '--with-pthreads' > '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--disable-ident-lookups' > 'target_alias=i586-mandriva-linux-gnu' > >