Thank you for the response.. Confused what you mean.. this is /dev/shm with --foreground (no workers) root:/dev/shm # ls -al total 12 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 100 2019-09-18 10:30 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3120 2019-09-17 09:08 .. -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 8 2019-09-18 10:30 squid-cf__metadata.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 8216 2019-09-18 10:30 squid-cf__queues.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 36 2019-09-18 10:30 squid-cf__readers.shm This is --foreground with workers 2 (different machine but same configuration..) root:/dev/shm # ls -al total 5856 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 280 2019-09-18 15:15 . drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 3340 2019-09-18 06:52 .. -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 393232 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-cache_mem_ex.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 3145840 2019-09-18 15:16 squid-cache_mem_map_anchors.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 131080 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-cache_mem_map_filenos.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 262156 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-cache_mem_map_slices.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 131112 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-cache_mem_space.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 8 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-cf__metadata.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 32852 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-cf__queues.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 52 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-cf__readers.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 1073872936 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-squid-page-pool.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 1572976 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-transients_map_anchors.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 65544 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-transients_map_filenos.shm -rw------- 1 proxy proxy 131084 2019-09-18 15:15 squid-transients_map_slices.shm Confused if this is good or bad, or evidence of an 'SMP vs non-SMP configuration' issue.. Thank you again.. On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 2:38 PM Alex Rousskov <rousskov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One thing you may want to check is whether your --foreground Squid is > creating shared memory segments (look in /dev/shm/ or equivalent). > Creating shared memory segments in non-SMP configurations is a bug. > IIRC, we have fixed one or two of those bugs, but there may be more, and > using shared memory tables can decrease performance of non-SMP > configurations (there is no free lunch). > -- This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual(s) named. If you are not an intended recipient you are not authorized to disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users