Re: squid 2.2.STABLE4 on IBM AIX 4.3.x

Toni Andjelkovic writes:
> i searched the list archives but couldn't find anything appropriate
> regarding this problem:
>
> we deploy squid on IBM RS/6000 machines running AIX 4.3.1.0
> as well as 4.3.2.0, and we're experiencing very frequent core
> dumps and erratic behaviour of the application -- squid usually
> dies spontaneously after about an hour of operation. unfortunately
> there's not much information in the logs to be found (with one exception,
> see below):
>
> > /squid/bin/RunCache[22]: 15358 Illegal instruction(coredump)

  In my experience this usually points to memory allocation problems,
independently of what application you're running. Since these days
compilers are usually good enough not to generate invalid code, usually
it means the processor was sent somewhere strange due to a corrupted
function pointer.

  Have you tried recompiling and relinking Squid with a different set
of malloc routines than what you're using now? If that doesn't do it,
you may want to turn on some memory allocation debugging code and see
if it detects anything helpful.
  -- Clifton

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