Hello, Attempting to gracefully reload Apache 2.4 with the event mpm doesn't seem to work for me because there are a lot of apache threads stuck in kqread state: # ps axuwl | grep www www 3648 0.0 0.0 292648 5256 ?? SN 24Mar14 14:05.87 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 3993 0.0 0.0 292648 5228 ?? SN 24Mar14 14:07.58 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 9170 0.0 0.0 280360 5196 ?? SN 25Mar14 14:06.78 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 13169 0.0 0.0 290836 5328 ?? SN 5May14 4:09.24 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 18133 0.0 0.0 294932 5440 ?? SN 27Apr14 6:21.45 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 35012 0.0 0.0 288552 5200 ?? SN 4Apr14 11:46.49 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 35248 0.0 0.2 303092 35832 ?? SN 10:56pm 0:10.55 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 41236 0.0 0.0 294932 6036 ?? SN 8May14 3:26.60 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 44020 0.0 0.0 288552 5360 ?? SN 4Apr14 11:51.29 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 44040 0.0 0.2 298996 31572 ?? SN 12:54am 0:08.81 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 48252 0.0 0.2 298996 32980 ?? SN Sun09pm 0:43.31 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 51069 0.0 0.0 280360 5196 ?? SN 10Mar14 18:00.79 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 52491 0.0 0.0 282644 5304 ?? SN 7May14 3:46.96 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 53522 0.0 0.0 282644 5316 ?? SN 28Apr14 6:09.03 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 55654 0.0 0.0 243496 5184 ?? SN 13Mar14 17:02.13 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 59237 0.0 0.0 290836 6496 ?? SN 9May14 3:06.55 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 59812 0.0 0.0 235304 5176 ?? SN 9Mar14 18:04.38 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 64665 0.0 0.0 294932 6488 ?? SN 10May14 3:03.42 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 69798 0.0 0.0 304936 5220 ?? SN 25Mar14 13:58.72 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 70603 0.0 0.0 272168 5256 ?? SN 17Mar14 16:26.36 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 72507 0.0 0.0 282644 5456 ?? SN 3May14 4:40.87 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 80131 0.0 0.0 270356 6476 ?? SN 10May14 2:56.21 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 82185 0.0 0.0 286740 5296 ?? SN 30Apr14 5:37.02 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 83837 0.0 0.0 272168 5212 ?? SN 1Apr14 12:26.37 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 83915 0.0 0.0 272168 5232 ?? SN 1Apr14 12:25.54 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 86352 0.0 0.0 247592 5232 ?? SN 26Mar14 14:07.53 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 88792 0.0 0.2 303092 36444 ?? SN 10:58am 0:02.33 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 94534 0.0 0.0 280360 5204 ?? SN 3Apr14 11:52.15 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 1 0 28 8 kqread www 94844 0.0 0.2 298996 30296 ?? SN Fri02pm 1:17.01 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread www 95828 0.0 0.1 126432 11112 ?? IN 11:48am 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 40 8 accept www 95829 0.0 0.1 127600 12344 ?? SN 11:48am 0:00.04 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 select www 95844 0.0 0.3 331764 52020 ?? SN 11:49am 0:04.12 /usr/local/sbin/ 80 37932 0 28 8 kqread root 96147 0.0 0.0 16312 2224 0 S+ 11:51am 0:00.00 grep www 0 94629 0 20 0 piperd This correspons to the Apache server status billboard: PID Connections Threads Async connections total accepting busy idle writing keep-alive closing 52491 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 53522 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 18133 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 82185 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 72507 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 80131 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 59237 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 88792 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 13169 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 41236 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 64665 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 94844 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 35248 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 48252 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 44040 1 no 0 0 0 0 0 95844 53 yes 5 20 0 38 10 Sum 68 5 20 0 38 10 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGWGGGGGGGGGGGLGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGWGGGGGGGGGGGWGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGLGGLGGWGGGGGGGGGGGGGGLGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGWGLGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGWGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGWGWGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGLGGGGGWGGGGGGGGWGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGWGGGGGGGGGGGLGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGWGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGWGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG_WR_R____ WW______________ I.e. as far as the apache parent is concerned, these are zombies. Has anyone else encountered this problem? It happens fairly often at my busy server (once a month or so). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 391 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20140521/dd437bd5/attachment.sig>