Bug#377857: occasional SIGSEGV in exim4 under heavy load

[Marc Haber]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 02:21:32PM +0100, Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 03:18:06PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 02:12:38PM +0100, Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> > > I've just had a try on another machine (different
> > > hardware, 2.6 kernel rather than 2.4) and it hasn't
> > > crashed in a few minutes' testing. Is it possible you've
> > > been testing on 2.6? I've also tried it on a third
> > > machine, identically configured to the second, but running
> > > 2.4, and the bug does exhibit there.
> > 
> > Yes, I am testing on a 2.6 kernel. I have not been running a 2.4
> > kernel in ages, and Debian etch will still support 2.4 kernel, but
> > only optionally.
> 
> not really interested in etch, as we're running stable.

etch will be stable by the End of this year.

We are not going to get a fixed exim into sarge if we don't nail down
this issue. And even if we get the issue nailed down, chances are the
stable release managers are not going to accept this update for the
next stable point release.

> > Does it trigger the bug on the 2.6 kernel as well?
> 
> no.

:-(

Greetings
Marc

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