[Dovecot] Bug report v2.0.13 - CentOS x86_64 - NFS - mbox
Timo Sirainen
tss at iki.fi
Sun Aug 14 23:50:50 EEST 2011
With a quick test I can't reproduce pop3_lock_session=yes causing a
crash. I guess it needs something else besides what I tested. It would
be helpful if your Dovecot binaries weren't stripped of debug symbols. I
could then ask for some more information from the core dumps with gdb.
On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 13:07 +0300, Kostas Zorbadelos wrote:
> On 07/22/2011 01:02 PM, Kostas Zorbadelos wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> since I saw no action on this, here is a newer update we discovered today.
>
> After setting pop3_lock_session = no the core dumps went away.
> We will leave it like that and watch it for the next few days. If we set
> pop3_lock_session = yes, the problem is reproduced.
>
> If I can do anything else to help debug the problem, please let me know.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kostas
>
> > Greetings to all.
> >
> > It's my first post to the list. We just completed a migration from qpopper to dovecot
> > for our IMAP and POP3 services. We have a rather large mail environment
> > (we are the biggest provider in Greece).
> >
> > So, here are the details:
> >
> > - Keep getting errors like these in our production environment
> >
> > Jul 22 00:18:21 pop01 dovecot: master: Error: service(pop3): child 4078 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled)
> > Jul 22 00:19:31 pop03 dovecot: master: Error: service(pop3): child 18849 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled)
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > dovecot -n output
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > /opt/dovecot/sbin/dovecot -n
> > # 2.0.13: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> > # OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
> > auth_cache_negative_ttl = 10 mins
> > auth_cache_size = 5 M
> > auth_cache_ttl = 10 mins
> > auth_verbose = yes
> > default_client_limit = 5000
> > default_process_limit = 500
> > disable_plaintext_auth = no
> > first_valid_uid = 200
> > listen = *
> > log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
> > login_greeting =<COMPANY> ready
> > mail_access_groups = mail otemail disk root
> > mail_fsync = always
> > mail_location = mbox:INDEX=/var/index/dovecot/%2.16Hn/%2.254Hn/%u
> > mail_nfs_storage = yes
> > mbox_lock_timeout = 2 mins
> > mbox_min_index_size = 200 k
> > mbox_read_locks = dotlock_try fcntl
> > mbox_write_locks = dotlock_try fcntl
> > passdb {
> > args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
> > driver = ldap
> > }
> > protocols = imap pop3
> > service auth-worker {
> > user = dovenull
> > }
> > service imap-login {
> > inet_listener imap {
> > port = 143
> > }
> > inet_listener imaps {
> > port = 993
> > ssl = yes
> > }
> > }
> > service pop3-login {
> > inet_listener pop3 {
> > port = 110
> > }
> > inet_listener pop3s {
> > port = 995
> > ssl = yes
> > }
> > }
> > ssl = no
> > userdb {
> > args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
> > driver = ldap
> > }
> > verbose_proctitle = yes
> > protocol imap {
> > imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep
> > mail_max_userip_connections = 100
> > }
> > protocol pop3 {
> > mail_max_userip_connections = 100
> > pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
> > pop3_fast_size_lookups = yes
> > pop3_lock_session = yes
> > pop3_reuse_xuidl = yes
> > pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> > }
> >
> > I enabled core dumps in one of our backend servers and here is the relevant gdb trace:
> >
> > [root at pop08 ~]# gdb /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3<path_to_core_file>/core.9273
> > GNU gdb (GDB) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7.0.1-32.el5_6.2)
> > Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
> > and "show warranty" for details.
> > This GDB was configured as "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu".
> > For bug reporting instructions, please see:
> > <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
> > Reading symbols from /opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> > Reading symbols from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> > Loaded symbols for /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0
> > Reading symbols from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> > Loaded symbols for /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > Reading symbols from /lib64/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> > Loaded symbols for /lib64/libdl.so.2
> > Reading symbols from /lib64/librt.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> > Loaded symbols for /lib64/librt.so.1
> > Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> > Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6
> > Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> > Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
> > Reading symbols from /lib64/libpthread.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> > Loaded symbols for /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > Core was generated by `dovecot/pop3'.
> > Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
> > #0 0x00002b52e1027e54 in istream_raw_mbox_get_start_offset () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0
> > (gdb) bt full
> > #0 0x00002b52e1027e54 in istream_raw_mbox_get_start_offset () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #1 0x00002b52e102b759 in ?? () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #2 0x00002b52e100a2c0 in index_mail_expunge () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #3 0x0000000000405e9c in client_update_mails ()
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #4 0x00000000004061c1 in client_command_execute ()
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #5 0x00000000004045b9 in client_handle_input ()
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #6 0x00002b52e12df698 in io_loop_call_io () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #7 0x00002b52e12e09d5 in io_loop_handler_run () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #8 0x00002b52e12df62d in io_loop_run () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #9 0x00002b52e12cdf13 in master_service_run () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > No symbol table info available.
> > #10 0x0000000000403994 in main ()
> > No symbol table info available.
> > (gdb)
> >
> > All traces of the crashes are identical, that is
> > #0 0x00002b52e1027e54 in istream_raw_mbox_get_start_offset () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0
> > #1 0x00002b52e102b759 in ?? () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0
> > #2 0x00002b52e100a2c0 in index_mail_expunge () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0
> > #3 0x0000000000405e9c in client_update_mails ()
> > #4 0x00000000004061c1 in client_command_execute ()
> > #5 0x00000000004045b9 in client_handle_input ()
> > #6 0x00002b52e12df698 in io_loop_call_io () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > #7 0x00002b52e12e09d5 in io_loop_handler_run () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > #8 0x00002b52e12df62d in io_loop_run () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > #9 0x00002b52e12cdf13 in master_service_run () from /opt/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0
> > #10 0x0000000000403994 in main ()
> >
> > We have mboxes over NFS and we also have an ldap user backend. For now, I do not have a scenario
> > that reproduces the problem. Any idea, or input are highly appreciated. Of course I can provide
> > any information requested (without exposing restricted company or client data) to help trace
> > the problem and lead to the solution.
> >
> > Thanks and keep up the good work!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Kostas Zorbadelos
> >
> >
>
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