--On samedi 19 février 2005 16:23 -0500 Mark Benedetto King
<mbk@lowlatency.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 08:06:23PM +0100, Michel Jouvin wrote:
>> >
>> >>> Now we experienced corruptions not related to any repository write.
>> >>> We have log files showing successful repository access through HTTP
>> >>> GET followed by a GET failure due to database corruption without any
>> >>> repository modification in between and without any Apache
>> >>> problem/restart. We suspected that these corruption were related to
>> >>> Apache restart during a transaction but we now have evidence that
>> >>> corruption can occur at any time without any repository modification.
>> >>> We have Apache log files and corrupted repository copies.
>> >
>> > Is this with two httpd nodes or one?
>> >
>> > Is the httpd being used for anything else (CGI, PHP, etc?), or is it
>> > dedicated for mod_dav_svn use?
>> >
>>
>> Subversion server is implemented through a virtual host that is handled
>> by only one node running only one Apache instance (with threads
>> worker). This server also handles requests for a lot of other Web apps,
>> including CGI, PHP.
>>
>
> I suspect, then, that one of these other web application is doing
> something evil (like calling exit()).
>
> Could you try running mod_dav_svn on a dedicated Apache instance (no
> other web applications) and see whether the problems go away?
>
> If that fixes it, and you have reasons why they need to seem like the
> same instance, perhaps you could try using mod_proxy to integrate the
> two.
>
> --ben
>
Setting up such a test config could be possible, except we don't have the
time and hardware required right now. But I don't see any apps doing and
exit() or something like that. It should imply an apache restart and there
were no such restart (assessed by Apache logs).
Michel
*************************************************************
* Michel Jouvin Email : jouvin@lal.in2p3.fr *
* LAL / CNRS Tel : +33 1 64468932 *
* B.P. 34 Fax : +33 1 69079404 *
* 91898 Orsay Cedex *
* France *
*************************************************************
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@subversion.tigris.org
Received on Sun Feb 20 11:58:20 2005