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gdb output of a segfaulting httperf run on Mac OSX 10.7
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/httperf --server server.internet.com --port 80 --method POST --uri /landing_page/ --rate 100 --num-conn 10000 --num-call 1 --timeout 5
Reading symbols for shared libraries ++++.......................... done
httperf --timeout=5 --client=0/1 --server=server.internet.com --port=80 --uri=/landing_page/ --rate=100 --send-buffer=4096 --recv-buffer=16384 --method=POST --num-conns=10000 --num-calls=1
httperf: warning: open file limit > FD_SETSIZE; limiting max. # of open files to FD_SETSIZE
Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0x0000000000000004
0x0000000100004040 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x0000000100004040 in ?? ()
#1 0x0000000100003091 in ?? ()
#2 0x0000000100001314 in ?? ()
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Note: I have installed httperf 0.9.0 via homebrew $ brew install httperf

$ httperf --version
httperf: httperf-0.9.0 compiled Jun 25 2012 without DEBUG without TIME_SYSCALLS.

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Rerunning with an debug-enabled httperf (remove it, reinstall it using $ brew install httperf --enable-debug) yielded no better results:

gdb --args /usr/local/bin/httperf --server server.internet.com --port 80 --method POST --uri /landing_page/ --rate 100 --num-conn 10000 --num-call 1 --timeout 5
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This GDB was configured as "x86_64-apple-darwin"...Reading symbols for shared libraries ..... done

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/httperf --server gx-develop.wooga.com --port 80 --method POST --uri /landing_page/ --rate 100 --num-conn 10000 --num-call 1 --timeout 5
Reading symbols for shared libraries ++++.......................... done
httperf --timeout=5 --client=0/1 --server=server.internet.com --port=80 --uri=/landing_page/ --rate=100 --send-buffer=4096 --recv-buffer=16384 --method=POST --num-conns=10000 --num-calls=1
httperf: warning: open file limit > FD_SETSIZE; limiting max. # of open files to FD_SETSIZE

Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0x0000000000000004
0x0000000100003e33 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0000000100003e33 in ?? ()
#1  0x0000000100002c20 in ?? ()
#2  0x0000000100000e58 in ?? ()
(gdb) 

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jithine commented Feb 14, 2013

Hi, Did you find a solution to this problem? I have the same issue with httperf installed via macports.

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