[Varnish] #70: Assert error in smf_alloc(), storage_file.c line 624

[Varnish]

#70: Assert error in smf_alloc(), storage_file.c line 624
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 Reporter:  mark      |       Owner:  phk
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:     
Component:  varnishd  |     Version:  1.0
 Severity:  normal    |    Keywords:     
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 I've been testing varnish 1.0.2 in the Wikimedia caching proxy cluster for
 serving/caching images. It ran relatively stable / troublefree until I
 gave it some more load (over 1000 req/s), after which varnishd's client
 process started crashing / giving assertion failures:

 {{{
 Child said (2, 12027): <<Assert error in smf_alloc(), storage_file.c line
 624:
   Condition((smf) != NULL) not true.
   errno = 0 (Success)
 Child not responding to ping
 Child not responding to ping
 Child not responding to ping
 Child not responding to ping
 Child not responding to ping
 Child not responding to ping
 Cache child died pid=12027 status=0x86
 }}}

 This kept repeating every few minutes.

 Configuration is completely default, no VCL file, etc. Malloc caching
 only. Platform is Ubuntu Edgy x86_64.

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Ticket URL: <http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/ticket/70>
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