From owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 23 15:47:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9178216A401 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:47:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD0F13C484 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:47:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A731D1A4DC1; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:48:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B3F2C5126B; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:47:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:47:45 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Paul Message-ID: <20070423154745.GA872@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20070423010224.C16984@chrishome.localnet> <20070423004105.7984082E@fep7.cogeco.net> <00a601c78549$6b480fa0$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <20070423135619.D6FB4495@fep9.cogeco.net> <009c01c785b6$c8ac36e0$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <20070423145954.8244094A@fep1.cogeco.net> <00b301c785b9$0bc9b180$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <20070423152703.715922D1@fep2.cogeco.net> <20070423153334.GA530@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070423153808.831BF56B@fep3.cogeco.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070423153808.831BF56B@fep3.cogeco.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org, Steven Hartland , Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: System Cpu Between 50-70% and need to find out why X-BeenThere: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD SMP implementation group List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:47:46 -0000 On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 11:38:22AM -0400, Paul wrote: > Hi Kris, > > Nothing is essentially working to answer your question on my diagnosis. > > Everything is extremely slow and I can net get simple sendmail > services working at a reasonable rate of a few messages per second. > > Any ideas? Please post your kernel config. Kris P.S. Also please don't top-post, it destroys context > > Thanks for your help > > Paul > > At 11:33 AM 23/04/2007, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 11:27:17AM -0400, Paul wrote: > >> Hi Steve, > >> > >> When I shut off everything except apache with very low load and > >> qpopper it is still maxed out. > > > >That does not look like very low load to me. On the contrary, your > >stats show that 30-40 running processes are being scheduled for > >running on the 4 CPUs at any one time. Under those circumstances you > >should expect to see 100% CPU usage (anything less means your system > >is not being completely used). Can you please confirm what you are > >using for your diagnosis that there is something wrong with the system > >performance? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-smp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-smp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-smp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >