Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 10:54:54 +0100 From: James Mansion <james@wgold.demon.co.uk> To: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: apache like preforking apps and high loads Message-ID: <3344CFEE.589F@wgold.demon.co.uk> References: <199704031357.PAA10893@gvr.win.tue.nl>
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Guido van Rooij wrote: > > When looking at Apacha like applications, one often sees extermely high > load averages. Apache preforks a number of processes that all block > on accept(). When a request comes in, all process are woken up and the > scheduler chooses one of the now runnable processes taht will succeed in > the accept(). The other go back to sleep. Silly question - why do they all get woken up? (Not 'why does the current implementation do this' but 'is this behaviour required'?) James
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