general/4865: server hangs after some time of running

[veselin terzic <vt...@systems.dhl.com>]

>Number:         4865
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       server hangs after some time of running
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 15 21:20:01 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     vterzic@systems.dhl.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.6
>Environment:
HPUX-11, latest patches, HP ANSI C compiler.
>Description:
All modules (max) are dynamically loadable.

My server would hang (stop responding) after a while. I've noticed that
in error_log I get tons of these:

[Sun Aug 15 20:34:34 1999] [error] mod_ssl: Child could not open SSLMutex lockfile /local/httpd/logs/ssl_mutex.18669 (System error follows)
[Sun Aug 15 20:34:34 1999] [error] System: No such file or directory (errno: 2)
[Sun Aug 15 20:34:34 1999] [error] mod_ssl: Child could not open SSLMutex lockfile /local/httpd/logs/ssl_mutex.18669 (System error follows)
[Sun Aug 15 20:34:34 1999] [error] System: No such file or directory (errno: 2)
[Sun Aug 15 20:34:36 1999] [error] mod_ssl: Child could not open SSLMutex lockfile /local/httpd/logs/ssl_mutex.18669 (System error follows)
[Sun Aug 15 20:34:36 1999] [error] System: No such file or directory (errno: 2)
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
I think there should be a code to check for this mutex file existance instead of
looping like crazy and killing my system. I'm not sure why this file disappears.
I use latest OPen_SSL.
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