Bug#894827: apache2: Apache workers are hanging after reload
Hi Dan,
On Wed, 4 Apr 2018, Dan Benton wrote:
> Package: apache2
> Version: 2.4.10-10+deb8u12
> Severity: normal
Is this a new issue with version 2.4.10-10+deb8u12 (from the security
update a few days ago) or have you also observed it with the previous
version 2.4.10-10+deb8u11?
Cheers,
Stefan
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I am finding some Apache processes stuck in a gracefully finishing state
> after an Apache reload. The only way to clear these processes down is to
> restart Apache or killing the individual processes. The way these
> processes are being left the stuck thread 100% CPU and eventually
> crashing the server. I have seen these hung processes stay running for
> over 12 hours before I manually kill them.
>
> This seems to only be when the reload catches a large request to my
> website. Unfortunately I have been unsuccessful to replicate this issue
> anywhere outside of my production environment.
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