FreeBSD & core dumps (again)

[Chuck Murcko <ch...@topsail.org>]

I'm getting immediate and nothing but core dumps with the latest code
snapshot. I'm rigging the kernel to actually dump core now. This is
FreeBSD 2.2.1, on a 128 Mb machine, so I have to force the kernel build
to see the memory above 64 Mb. BTW, the core dumps are useful, but only
for getting addresses, not symbols. It's back to the stone age. 8^(

I'm using -DUSE_FLOCK_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT as recommended by Randy, and
building only the default distribution, no extra modules.

This appears to be caused by something in the last flurry of checkins.
-- 
chuck
Chuck Murcko
The Topsail Group, West Chester PA USA
chuck@topsail.org

Re: FreeBSD & core dumps (again)

[Rasmus Lerdorf <ra...@lerdorf.on.ca>]

> I'm getting immediate and nothing but core dumps with the latest code
> snapshot. I'm rigging the kernel to actually dump core now. This is
> FreeBSD 2.2.1, on a 128 Mb machine, so I have to force the kernel build
> to see the memory above 64 Mb. BTW, the core dumps are useful, but only
> for getting addresses, not symbols. It's back to the stone age. 8^(

Perhaps a stupid suggestion, but why don't you just attach gdb to the
running httpd and force the dump?  Shouldn't you be able to get a
backtrace directly that way without having to rebuild your broken 
kernel?

-Rasmus