proxy_cache_path's max_size being violated/ignored

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 12:28:46PM -0400, gwinans wrote:

> The cache manager process is, indeed, running. I even did a brief strace on
> it to be sure it was actually working. There is nothing in the logs that
> indicates an issue. In fact, the only thing in the logs is expected http
> requests.
> 
> Output of nginx -V:
> 
> [root at nginx01-dpl ~]# nginx -V
> nginx version: nginx/1.2.8
> built by gcc 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3) (GCC)
> TLS SNI support enabled
> configure arguments: --user=nginx --group=nginx --prefix=/usr/share/nginx
> --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
> --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log
> --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log
> --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body
> --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy
> --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi
> --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/uwsgi
> --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/scgi --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid
> --lock-path=/var/lock/subsys/nginx --with-http_ssl_module
> --with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module
> --with-http_xslt_module --with-http_image_filter_module
> --with-http_geoip_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_dav_module
> --with-http_flv_module --with-http_gzip_static_module
> --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module
> --with-http_degradation_module --with-http_stub_status_module
> --with-http_perl_module --with-mail --with-file-aio --with-mail_ssl_module
> --with-ipv6
> --add-module=/builddir/build/BUILD/nginx-1.2.8/ngx_cache_purge-2.0
> --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions
> -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic'
> --with-ld-opt=-Wl,-E

Have you tried without the cache purge module compiled in?

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Maxim Dounin
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