[strongSwan] Crash issue with 1k IPsec tunnels (using 5.0.4 strongswan and load-tester plugin)

[Martin Willi]

Hi,

> --enable-lock-profiler [...] is getting crashed.

> #4  0x000000556262af3c in backtrace () from /lib64/libc.so.6
> #5  0x0000005562189838 in backtrace_create (skip=2) at utils/backtrace.c:531
> #6  0x00000055621817e0 in profiler_init (type=<value optimized out>)
>     at threading/lock_profiler.h:76
> #7  mutex_create (type=<value optimized out>) at threading/mutex.c:209

The glibc backtrace() function segfaults. Most likely not a strongSwan
bug, but in backtrace() itself.

I've seen this on some systems myself when using newer gcc's that create
stack frames backtrace() can't unwind. I'd try to compile with an older
gcc.

Regards
Martin