From owner-freebsd-apache@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 17 15:35:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-apache@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52BD816A4D4 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:35:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from utopia.in.force-elite.com (force-elite.com [216.255.199.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3FD343D31 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:35:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chip@force-elite.com) X-AuthUser: chip@force-elite.com Received: from [10.10.10.101] (199.5.172.2:46368)Server] ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:35:40 -0700 From: Paul Querna To: stephane martin In-Reply-To: <200409171726.07317.stephane.martin@m4x.org> References: <20040917131814.1B93616A4CE@hub.freebsd.org> <200409171726.07317.stephane.martin@m4x.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:36:33 -0600 Message-Id: <1095435393.23198.6.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.92.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-apache@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache 1.3.x vs 2.0.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-apache@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Support of apache-related ports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:35:46 -0000 On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 17:26 +0200, stephane martin wrote: > It is probably the same problem with mod_python and mod_perl. No, mod_python uses a Global Interpreter Lock, and is therefore thread safe. Performance is better for mod_python under the Prefork MPM because of this however. mod_perl has thread safety built in, and performs *much* better under the Worker MPM.