[squid-users] Memory Leak Squid 3.4.9 on FreeBSD 10.0 x64

[Ludovit Koren]

>>>>> Doug Sampson <dougs at dawnsign.com> writes:

    >> Hi,
    >> 
    >> I have the similar problem on FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE #1 r275861 with
    >> squid-3.4.10. I also applied MEMPOOLS=1 when starting squid. I
    >> experience the process slowing down and unacceptable performance.
    >> 
    >> Squid is configured to use kerberos and ntlm authentication and lap
    >> group authentication. other settings:
    >> 
    >> cache_replacement_policy heap LFUDA
    >> cache_mem 4096 MB
    >> maximum_object_size 32 MB
    >> cache_dir diskd /usr/local/squid/cache 32768 32 256
    >> 
    >> I have seen the following errors in cache.log:
    >> 
    >> FATAL: Received Segment Violation...dying.
    >> FATAL: Received Bus Error...dying.
    >> 
    >> after this the squid restarts. The system has 10GB of memory and is
    >> working as internal cache for ~600 users.
    >> 
    >> Please point me in the right direction. I have no problem running
    >> squid33-3.3.13 on FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE #0 r270210.
    >> 
    >> Thank you very much.
    >> 
    >> Regards,
    >> 
    >> lk

    > Man, I empathize with you. Have you tried running Squid 3.4.x on
    > FreeBSD 9.3? Sometimes I wonder if it's FreeBSD 10.x that's causing
    > the issue...

I am running FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE #1 r274084 with Squid 3.4.9 as a cache
in DMZ without authentication. There are no problems.

lk

    > I tried the shell variable MEMPOOLS=1 and that quickly made the
    > situation a lot worse. Swap space would get filled up very quickly and
    > the system would slow down quickly before crashing.

    > Any other ideas?

    > ~Doug