Bug#533231: apache2.2-common: Seg fault at graceful restart (log rotation)

[Jeroen Hooyberghs <jeroen@hooyberghs.org>]

Stefan Fritsch wrote:
> On Monday 15 June 2009, Jeroen Hooyberghs wrote:
>   
> > At each logrotation, the apache proces seg faults and therefor dies
> >
> > The last message in the /var/log/apache/error.log.1:
> > [Sun Jun 14 07:41:23 2009] [notice] Graceful restart requested,
> > doing restart
> >
> > The first and only message in the error.log:
> > [Sun Jun 14 07:41:23 2009] [notice] seg fault or similar nasty
> > error detected in the parent proces
> >     
>
> Please try to get a backtrace, as described in 
> /usr/share/doc/apache2.2-common/README.backtrace
>
>   
#0  0xb5c9bc80 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0xb76ced8e in CRYPTO_thread_id ()
  from /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
No symbol table info available.
#2  0xb774078c in ERR_get_state () from 
/usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
No symbol table info available.
#3  0xb77416b2 in ERR_put_error () from 
/usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
No symbol table info available.
#4  0xb772a5d8 in ENGINE_add () from /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
No symbol table info available.
#5  0xb772ff5a in ENGINE_load_padlock ()
  from /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
No symbol table info available.
#6  0xb772c4c7 in ENGINE_load_builtin_engines ()
  from /usr/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
No symbol table info available.
#7  0xb6d9ab77 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
No symbol table info available.
#8  0xb6d9ab69 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
No symbol table info available.
#9  0xb6dbe9a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
No symbol table info available.
#10 0xbf866bc8 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#11 0xb6daef0c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
No symbol table info available.
#12 0xb6daeeee in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
No symbol table info available.
#13 0xb6dbe9a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
No symbol table info available.
#14 0xbf866bd8 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#15 0xb6da42ad in curl_global_init () from /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4
No symbol table info available.
Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)

> > This problem is occuring at each log rotation, but only notice the
> > problem on 1 debian lenny server I maintain, the other don't seem
> > to have the issue.
> >     
>
> Do you have different modules or different php extensions enabled on 
> the two servers?
>   
No, I checked on 1 other server that is also serving the same services, 
and therefor has exacly the same modules and php extensions enabled.
> In any case, as a work-around, you can change /etc/logrotate.d/apache2 
> to use "restart" instead of "reload".
>
>   
I changed it for now to do so.