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Re: Subversion BDB doesn't work with Apache 2.4 event MPM

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_apache.org>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:04:36 +0200

On 02.04.2012 18:46, Philip Martin wrote:
> I am unable to run the Subversion regression tests for BDB and DAV with
> Apache 2.4 using the event MPM (the new default MPM in 2.4). Sometimes
> mod_dav_svn SEGVs causing tests to FAIL and sometimes the tests hang
> with mod_dav_svn spinning in a loop. The problems go away when I switch
> to the worker MPM (the old default MPM in 2.2).
>
> I'm not sure what the event MPM does that causes the problem. Here is a
> typical SEGV:
>
> #0 0x00007fb2017f8e96 in svn_error_clear (err=0x2031203920312038)
> at ../src/subversion/libsvn_subr/error.c:341
> 341 while (err->child)
> (gdb) p err
> $1 = (svn_error_t *) 0x2031203920312038
> (gdb) p err[0]
> Cannot access memory at address 0x2031203920312038

Looks like the DB_REGISTER dance biting us yet again. Pool lifetimes
most likely, it's a tricky bit of code. Hard to say for certain since I
don't know how the event MPM works.

-- Brane
Received on 2012-04-02 21:04:45 CEST

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