Hi Virtualmen!
I’m experiencing an odd problem of late where php-cgi processes seem to just hang out indefinitely and build up to very large numbers.
Check out the dates in the log (I killed all the processes 2 days ago, this is just the orphans hanging out since then)
user1 830 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:59 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user1 3781 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user1 3783 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/php-cgi
510 5790 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:34 /usr/bin/php-cgi
510 5792 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:24 /usr/bin/php-cgi
510 5793 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:31 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user2 6209 25232 0 10:59 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
user2 6210 6209 0 10:59 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/php-cgi
530 7691 25232 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
530 7692 7691 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user3 8545 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:41 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 10865 25232 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
504 10866 10865 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 10867 10866 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 10868 10866 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 10869 10866 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 10870 10866 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user2 11270 25232 0 12:27 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
user2 11271 11270 0 12:27 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user2 14304 25232 0 13:13 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
user2 14305 14304 0 13:13 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
528 16454 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
root 18949 11881 0 13:59 pts/0 00:00:00 grep php
user4 19944 25232 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:46 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user5 20083 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user4 24486 25232 0 07:08 ? 00:00:09 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user4 24487 25232 0 07:08 ? 00:00:20 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user4 24499 25232 0 07:08 ? 00:01:47 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user4 24501 25232 0 07:08 ? 00:01:34 /usr/bin/php-cgi
530 24682 25232 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
530 24683 24682 0 Apr21 ? 00:00:50 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user3 25754 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:43 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user1 25756 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:01:10 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user6 26241 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:01:05 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user2 26307 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
user2 26308 26307 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/php-cgi
506 26511 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user7 26807 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
502 27663 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
502 27664 27663 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 27797 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
504 27798 27797 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 27799 27798 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:04 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 27800 27798 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:04 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 27801 27798 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/php-cgi
504 27802 27798 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:03 /usr/bin/php-cgi
502 28343 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
502 28344 28343 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:05 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user5 28375 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:11 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user6 29592 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user6 29964 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/php-cgi
506 30863 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/php-cgi
user2 32028 25232 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash php5.fcgi
user2 32029 32028 0 Apr20 ? 00:00:45 /usr/bin/php-cgi
Any thoughts on what’s going wrong and where I should start troubleshooting?