[squid-users] logging: TCP connection to x.x.x.x/3128 failed

[Waldemar Brodkorb]

Hi Alex,
Alex Rousskov wrote,

> On 4/14/23 05:29, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> > > On 4/6/23 06:41, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> > > 
> > > > There is still one assertion which happens sometimes:
> > > > cache.log:2023/04/06 07:24:48 kid1| assertion failed: ../src/base/CbcPointer.h:181: "EX"
> > > > 
> > > > Have you ever seen this in the wild? What does it mean?
> > > 
> > > This low-level assertion (where "EX" is usually spelled as "c") corresponds
> > > to many high-level Squid bugs, most of them fixed. Please see
> > > https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5265#c1 for the suggested next
> > > steps.
> 
> > We have a core dump now. Ubuntu 22.04 with Squid 5.8.
> 
> > Do you can see where the bug is?
> 
> On the surface, the stack trace looks like bug #4981 to me. That bug has a
> workaround for v4. I do not know whether that workaround patch still applies
> to v5, but it is worth trying:
> https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4981
> 
> Please keep us posted.

The patch is still usable. I applied it, rebuild Squid and now I get
the messages instead of a crash. So for me the workaround works and
should be added to 5.9 :)

best regards
 Waldemar