Because of historical apache library implementation, ab does apr_pollset_add() multiple times for the same port. It causes some confusion and inefficiency inside pollset structure. The behavior varies by the operating system because APR-1.x uses different asynchronous I/O by operating systems. i.e. port.c for Solaris 10, epoll.c for Linux 2.6, and kqueue.c for recent BSD. When I use ab with "https:" URL, ab freezes on Solaris 10 while it gets SIGSEGV on Linux. There is another problem in apr/poll/unix/port.c as I reported on bug #35701. We have to fix both.
Created attachment 15653 [details] Path for ab in httpd 2.1.6-alpha This patch fixes the ab in 2.1.6-alpha package, to make the SSL connection work properly. I have tested this patch on Solaris 10 amd64 machine.
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