| Subject: | Bug in Apache::SizeLimit |
| Date: | Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:10:57 -0500 |
| To: | bug-mod_perl [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | "Jeremy Goodridge" <jgoodridge [...] gmail.com> |
I have found a bug with Apache::SizeLimit (Note: I am not referring to
Apache2::SizeLimit -- although it may have the same problem).
PLATFORM BACKGROUND:
Mod_perl 1.29
Redhat EL5 (kernel 2.6.18)
Apache::SizeLimit version: $VERSION = '0.91-dev';
Perl version: 5.8.8
PROBLEM:
If I turn off USE_SMAPS (i.e. set Apache::SizeLimit::USE_SMAPS=0), I get an
error, specifically:
Can't call method "_linux_size_check" on an undefined value at
/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Apache/SizeLimit.pm
line 216.
SOLUTION:
A diff with my fix is shown below:
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@@ -161,7 +163,10 @@
}
sub _check_size {
- my ( $size, $share ) = _platform_check_size();
+ my $class = shift;
+
+ my ( $size, $share ) = $class->_platform_check_size();
return ( $size, $share, $size - $share );
}
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/QUESTION:
I ran into the problem above because I couldn't get smaps to work. I had
permission problems accessing the /proc/<pid>/smaps file. It seems that
this file (and all others in the /proc/<pid> directory) is owned by root.
While /proc/<pid>/statm is viewable by everyone, /proc/<pid>/smaps is
viewable only by root. I don't know why. The process itself is owned by
'web' -- the user that I have set to own apache child processes. Perhaps
the reason for root ownership is that the Apache parent process is owned by
root and the child processes are only setuid to 'web'. So, when the
proc/<pid>/ files are made, the child processes are still owned by root.
But that wouldn't account for why smaps in particular is readable only by
root. Do you know of a way around this? Or if some kernel change in linux
fixes this?
Thanks,
Jeremy