general/5499: fcntl: F_SETLKW: Error getting accept lock, exiting! --> Kills httpd

[Jerome Tillotson <je...@vignette.co.uk>]

>Number:         5499
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       fcntl: F_SETLKW: Error getting accept lock, exiting! --> Kills httpd
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 20 14:40:01 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     jerome@vignette.co.uk
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.3
>Environment:
uname -a: SunOS www.foo.com 5.7 Generic_106541-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-250
compiler: Sun's SPARCompiler C++ 4.2

>Description:
logs/ directory is not on NFS mounted file system and is on a local disk. LockFile is set to logs/accept.lock (however no file is ever created there).

Full error messages:

[Thu Dec 16 00:45:16 1999] [emerg] (45)Deadlock situation detected/avoided: fcntl: F_SETLKW: Error getting accept lock, exiting!  Perhaps you need to use the LockFile directive to place your lock file on a local disk!
[Thu Dec 16 00:45:16 1999] [alert] Child 18355 returned a Fatal error... 
Apache is exiting!
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Not yet. Just reporting for now...
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