we use gcore to generate a core file.
the backtrace is as the following:
#0 0x000000000046ae0b in ngx_http_upstream_get_round_robin_peer (pc=0x1b822678, data=0x1b826e10)
at src/http/ngx_http_upstream_round_robin.c:482
#1 0x00000000004a6a60 in ngx_http_upstream_get_keepalive_peer (pc=0x1b822678, data=0x1b826de0)
at ../ngx_http_upstream_keepalive-c6396fef9295/ngx_http_upstream_keepalive_module.c:227
#2 0x0000000000429fab in ngx_event_connect_peer (pc=0x1b822678) at src/event/ngx_event_connect.c:24
#3 0x000000000046219c in ngx_http_upstream_connect (r=0x1b821230, u=0x1b822668) at src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c:1103
#4 0x0000000000465f61 in ngx_http_upstream_next (r=0x1b821230, u=0x1b822668, ft_type=2)
at src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c:2900
#5 0x00000000004631c0 in ngx_http_upstream_process_header (r=0x1b821230, u=0x1b822668) at src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c:1547
#6 0x0000000000462d8c in ngx_http_upstream_send_request (r=0x1b821230, u=0x1b822668) at src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c:1414
#7 0x00000000004625de in ngx_http_upstream_connect (r=0x1b821230, u=0x1b822668) at src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c:1204
#8 0x000000000046129d in ngx_http_upstream_init_request (r=0x1b821230) at src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c:631
#9 0x0000000000460a6d in ngx_http_upstream_init (r=0x1b821230) at src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c:432
#10 0x000000000045782b in ngx_http_read_client_request_body (r=0x1b821230, post_handler=0x460989 <ngx_http_upstream_init>)
at src/http/ngx_http_request_body.c:154
#11 0x00000000004a0875 in ngx_hmux_handler (r=0x1b821230) at ../hmux/ngx_hmux_module.c:673
#12 0x000000000043ffd1 in ngx_http_core_content_phase (r=0x1b821230, ph=0x1b5d4f88) at src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c:1365
#13 0x000000000043ebf5 in ngx_http_core_run_phases (r=0x1b821230) at src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c:861
#14 0x000000000043eb71 in ngx_http_handler (r=0x1b821230) at src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c:844
#15 0x000000000044c9a1 in ngx_http_process_request (r=0x1b821230) at src/http/ngx_http_request.c:1665
#16 0x000000000044b34d in ngx_http_process_request_headers (rev=0x2b3f10a3f4f0) at src/http/ngx_http_request.c:1111
#17 0x000000000044ab26 in ngx_http_process_request_line (rev=0x2b3f10a3f4f0) at src/http/ngx_http_request.c:911
#18 0x0000000000449d7d in ngx_http_init_request (rev=0x2b3f10a3f4f0) at src/http/ngx_http_request.c:518
#19 0x0000000000434ea7 in ngx_epoll_process_events (cycle=0x1b5ae090, timer=1352, flags=1)
at src/event/modules/ngx_epoll_module.c:678
#20 0x0000000000426480 in ngx_process_events_and_timers (cycle=0x1b5ae090) at src/event/ngx_event.c:245
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#21 0x0000000000432d0c in ngx_worker_process_cycle (cycle=0x1b5ae090, data=0x0) at src/os/unix/ngx_process_cycle.c:801
#22 0x000000000042faad in ngx_spawn_process (cycle=0x1b5ae090, proc=0x432b60 <ngx_worker_process_cycle>, data=0x0,
name=0x57450e "worker process", respawn=-3) at src/os/unix/ngx_process.c:196
#23 0x0000000000431c12 in ngx_start_worker_processes (cycle=0x1b5ae090, n=8, type=-3) at src/os/unix/ngx_process_cycle.c:360
#24 0x00000000004312fe in ngx_master_process_cycle (cycle=0x1b5ae090) at src/os/unix/ngx_process_cycle.c:136
#25 0x0000000000403c8c in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffba823048) at src/core/nginx.c:405
(gdb) info lo
rrp = 0x1b826e10
now = 1321860194
m = 8
rc = 461502464
i = 18446744061305903636
n = 0
c = 0x40
peer = 0x1b5cf2c0
peers = 0x1
(gdb) p *rrp
$5 = {peers = 0x1b5cf230, current = 3, tried = 0x1b826e28, data = 4}
(gdb) p rrp->peers->peer[0]
$6 = {sockaddr = 0x1b5c63b8, socklen = 16, name = {len = 19, data = 0x1b5c63c8 "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:36901server"},
current_weight = 0, weight = 1, fails = 1, accessed = 1321860193, max_fails = 1, fail_timeout = 10, down = 0,
ssl_session = 0x0}
(gdb) p rrp->peers->peer[1]
$7 = {sockaddr = 0x1b5c6418, socklen = 16, name = {len = 19, data = 0x1b5c6428 "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:36902server"},
current_weight = 0, weight = 1, fails = 1, accessed = 1321860194, max_fails = 1, fail_timeout = 10, down = 0,
ssl_session = 0x0}
(gdb) p rrp->peers->peer[2]
$8 = {sockaddr = 0x1b5c6478, socklen = 16, name = {len = 19, data = 0x1b5c6488 "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:36903server"},
current_weight = 0, weight = 1, fails = 1, accessed = 1321860194, max_fails = 1, fail_timeout = 10, down = 0,
ssl_session = 0x0}
(gdb) p rrp->peers->peer[3]
$9 = {sockaddr = 0x1b5c64d8, socklen = 16, name = {len = 19, data = 0x1b5c64e8 "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:36904keepalive"},
current_weight = 0, weight = 1, fails = 1, accessed = 1321860193, max_fails = 1, fail_timeout = 10, down = 0,
ssl_session = 0x0}