Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:26:36 GMT From: David Frascone <dave@frascone.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/119490: top hangs for long periods with NIS -- even using -u Message-ID: <200801091326.m09DQaeI026751@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200801091330.m09DU2ka065832@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 119490 >Category: misc >Synopsis: top hangs for long periods with NIS -- even using -u >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jan 09 13:30:02 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Frascone >Release: 7.0rc1 >Organization: Cisco Systems >Environment: FreeBSD hydra.cisco.com 7.0-RC1 FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 #0 >Description: Top does a getpwent loop, which takes forever on NIS boxes with huge password databases. I have a fix, but I'm filing this bug, so that my diff can be tested / checked in. The -u option is supposed to avoid problems like this, but it was not being checked everywhere. >How-To-Repeat: top or top -u on a box with a big YP password file >Fix: Will submit diff when cvsup is finished building >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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