Centos – Does segfaults mean bad memory

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This is a brand new server with a new install and fresh compile of Apache/PHP with nothing crazy. Just a WordPress site hosted and I get the following.

Could this just mean bad RAM? If so how can I test it without taking the box down.

I have noticed some weird memory issues with PHP despite making the php.ini settings unlimited.

conftest[31039]: segfault at 1 ip 0000000000405088 sp 00007fff92152090 error 4 in conftest[400000+a4000]
    conftest[26375]: segfault at 1 ip 0000000000405088 sp 00007fffa5b0b450 error 4 in conftest[400000+a4000]
    php[10669]: segfault at aec69ff1 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff39245950 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[14634]: segfault at 0 ip 000000000073ea24 sp 00007ffffaa24c60 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[17315]: segfault at 9e979531 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff877ba610 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[2804]: segfault at 108afe2a1 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff53cb5210 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[6726]: segfault at 75dd5051 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007ffffc9f2850 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[7701]: segfault at ffffffff ip 00000000007150cf sp 00007fff8e927650 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[13827]: segfault at 28 ip 0000000000715fa0 sp 00007fff4d9dabd0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[12324]: segfault at ffffffff ip 00000000007150cf sp 00007fff56f62aa0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[10609]: segfault at 7f9465fe9231 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff83e6bd00 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[18771]: segfault at 142dcfdc1 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff77d693d0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[9509]: segfault at 12f8ebf71 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007ffff6030d80 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[26998]: segfault at ffffffff ip 00000000007150cf sp 00007fff66777760 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[4820]: segfault at ffffffff ip 00000000007150cf sp 00007fffdc9b7020 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[4663]: segfault at bd7b35a1 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fffaaa32b80 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[4859]: segfault at a5ff560 ip 0000000000715e77 sp 00007fff5f232650 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[1020]: segfault at 7f12ce5ba831 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fffb41cc5e0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[17655]: segfault at 122a87e81 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fffbe942040 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[11928]: segfault at 7f21b1103e31 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff5ef70ae0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[29523]: segfault at c42cb5a1 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff93335a50 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[7693]: segfault at 7f511f5fe431 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fffb9802fc0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[4186]: segfault at 7f7df67db431 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff1dcb1f10 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[15296]: segfault at abfa3ea1 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff88ec89e0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[15277]: segfault at ffffffff ip 00000000007150cf sp 00007fff8419b4c0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[6223]: segfault at f05b1401 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff96517ea0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[9998]: segfault at 1535be691 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff1888ffd0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[15664]: segfault at 6fdc57f1 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff7c39da10 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[20894]: segfault at ffffffff ip 00000000007150cf sp 00007fff03b66430 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[20485]: segfault at 7ff9b7be7631 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fffb8a7e760 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]
    php[10195]: segfault at 105ae7d21 ip 0000000000759ac1 sp 00007fff43ed91f0 error 4 in php[400000+6dd000]

Best Answer

It can mean bad RAM, but I don't know of any method of testing memory without downtime. If you can afford said downtime, do as ott suggested and let memtest run for as long as you can.

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