mod_log-any/8493: SIGXFSZ when log file > 2gb

[Cameron Gregory <ca...@bloke.com>]

>Number:         8493
>Category:       mod_log-any
>Synopsis:       SIGXFSZ when log file > 2gb
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 08 18:00:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     cameron@bloke.com
>Release:        1.3.19
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
red hat 7.1, rpm from redhat .. SPM machine not really important.
>Description:
all the kids die writing to the log file when it reaches 2gb
this is because the kids are getting SIGXFSZ and default action is to die.

[Thu Oct  4 12:29:08 2001] [notice] child pid 13456 exit signal File size limit
exceeded (25)
[Thu Oct  4 12:29:08 2001] [notice] child pid 13444 exit signal File size limit
exceeded (25)
[Thu Oct  4 12:29:08 2001] [notice] child pid 13414 exit signal File size limit
exceeded (25)
[Thu Oct  4 12:29:08 2001] [notice] child pid 13406 exit signal File size limit
exceeded (25)
[Thu Oct  4 12:29:08 2001] [notice] child pid 13404 exit signal File size limit
exceeded (25)
[Thu Oct  4 12:29:08 2001] [notice] child pid 13399 exit signal File size limit
exceeded (25)
[Thu Oct  4 12:29:08 2001] [notice] child pid 13386 exit signal File size limit
exceeded (25)
[Thu Oct  4 12:29:08 2001] [notice] child pid 13379 exit signal File size limit
exceeded (25)

one pertentent point was this was a 
  TransferLog /www/logs/xxx.log
entry inside a <VirtualHost>

in the end caused my machine to crash quite quickly, but that is not really
because of apache.
>How-To-Repeat:
make a big log file and log to it.
>Fix:
force a rotate?

>Release-Note:
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