Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 00:15:26 +0400 (MSD) From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= aka "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" <ache@astral.msk.su> To: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Taylor UUCP in large environments Message-ID: <JUUlj0mSG1@astral.msk.su> In-Reply-To: <199507111723.NAA18294@ns1.win.net>; from Mark Hittinger at Tue, 11 Jul 1995 13:23:18 -0400 (EDT) References: <199507111723.NAA18294@ns1.win.net>
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In message <199507111723.NAA18294@ns1.win.net> Mark Hittinger writes: >If you have a large site your "sys" file can be huge. It takes >the taylor subroutines quite a few cycles to parse this file. Each time >you invoke uux, uuxqt, uucico, ect this happens. It is sort of like a >two pass compilation of the "sys" file for each uucp command. To be fair >some of the problem may be our malloc stuff. >Naturally this blew my happy 0-1.5 load averages on the target box up >to above 11. I made a few judicious patches to Taylor to allow a >"default" user, and reduced my "sys" file to about 15 lines. My load >averages are back in the happy 0-1.5 range. If anybody is going to >do something similar email me for the patches. They are tiny - but >critical! Can you resend your patches (with full explanation, of course) to following addresses: taylor-uucp@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Mailing List) ian@airs.com (Ian Taylor) Ian just now plan to finish 1.06beta, maybe your patches can sneak in before release. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849
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