To reproduce issue you can use:
# for i in `seq 10`; do /etc/init.d/apache2 graceful; done
* Reloading web server apache2
*
* Reloading web server apache2
*
* Reloading web server apache2
*
* Apache2 is not running
* Reloading web server apache2
*
* Apache2 is not running
* Reloading web server apache2
After apache is down, in logs you can find:
# tail /var/log/apache2/error.log
[Wed May 11 11:30:55.605894 2016] [core:notice] [pid 2608] AH00060: seg fault or similar nasty error detected in the parent process
To reproduce issue you can use:
# for i in `seq 10`; do /etc/init.d/apache2 graceful; done
* Reloading web server apache2
*
* Reloading web server apache2
*
* Reloading web server apache2
*
* Apache2 is not running
* Reloading web server apache2
*
* Apache2 is not running
* Reloading web server apache2
After apache is down, in logs you can find: apache2/ error.log
# tail /var/log/
[Wed May 11 11:30:55.605894 2016] [core:notice] [pid 2608] AH00060: seg fault or similar nasty error detected in the parent process