PK84656: IHS SLOW MEMORY LEAK IN ROTATELOGS

Java SDK 1.5 SR10 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.29: Java SDK 1.5 SR11 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.31: Java SDK 1.5 SR11 FP1 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.33: Java SDK 1.5 SR12 FP1 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere
6.1.0.35: Java SDK 1.5 SR12 FP2 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere
6.1.0.37: Java SDK 1.5 SR12 FP3 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere
6.1.0.47: WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Fix Pack 47
6.1.0.39: Java SDK 1.5 SR12 FP4 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.41: Java SDK 1.5 SR12 FP5 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.43: Java SDK 1.5 SR13 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.45: Java SDK 1.5 SR14 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere Application Server
6.1.0.47: Java SDK 1.5 SR16 Cumulative Fix for WebSphere Application Server

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM HTTP Server crashes when rotatelogs is run.
  

Local fix

• When rotate log by file size, make sure the new log file name is
  different than the current log file name. In other words, make
  sure it really rotates to another log file rather than appending
  to the current log.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: IBM HTTP Server 6.0 and 6.1 users with       *
  * configurations using rotatelogs that stayed up for a very    *
  * long time.                                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Rotatelogs would occasionally crash and *
  * be restarted, leaving a message in the error log:            *
  *  Sat Apr 04 19:27:20 2009   notice  child pid 725090 exit    *
  * signal                                                       *
  * Segmentation fault (11)                                      *
  * piped log program '/path/to/HTTPServer/bin/rotatelogs        *
  * /path/to/access_log.%Y-%m-%d 10M' failed unexpectedly        *
  * Processing of web requests was not affected.                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply this fix if rotatelogs is crashing     *
  * after running for a long time.                               *
  ****************************************************************
   Rotatelogs leaked a small amount of memory each time
   a new log file was opened.  Eventually it would crash
   and be restarted.
  

Problem conclusion

• The memory leak was fixed.
  
  This fix is targeted for IHS fixpacks:
   - 6.0.2.37
   - 6.1.0.27
   - (n/a for 7.0 release)
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IBM HTTP SERVER

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0801

Applicable component levels

• R60A PSN

     UP

• R60H PSN

     UP

• R60P PSN

     UP

• R60I PSN

     UP

• R60S PSN

     UP

• R60W PSN

     UP

• R60Z PSN

     UP

• R61A PSN

     UP

• R61H PSN

     UP

• R61P PSN

     UP

• R61I PSN

     UP

• R61S PSN

     UP

• R61W PSN

     UP

• R61Z PSN

     UP