From owner-freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 16:58:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0005916A4BF for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.gnf.org (ns2.gnf.org [63.196.132.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8258443FD7 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gtetlow@gnf.org) Received: from EXCHCLUSTER01.lj.gnf.org (exch01.lj.gnf.org [172.25.10.19]) by ns2.gnf.org (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h7RNwooq056463 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gtetlow@gnf.org) Received: from roark.gnf.org ([172.25.24.15]) by EXCHCLUSTER01.lj.gnf.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:53 -0700 Received: from roark.gnf.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roark.gnf.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7RNwraH004728 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gtetlow@gnf.org) Received: (from gtetlow@localhost) by roark.gnf.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7RNwr37004727 for threads@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gtetlow) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:58:53 -0700 From: Gordon Tetlow To: threads@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20030827235853.GH695@roark.gnf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Aug 2003 23:58:53.0872 (UTC) FILETIME=[2B7B2B00:01C36CF7] Subject: Re: Call for thread testers X-BeenThere: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Threading on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 23:58:56 -0000 --rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 10:05:28AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > All, >=20 > This is kind of an unconventional call for help. As we approach the > release of 5.2, we'd really like to show off the performance and > stability of our new threading packages. So, I'm looking for people > to volunteer to go out and put some of the thread-capable enterprise > and desktop packages to the test. Packages that I would most like > to see are: >=20 > Apache 2 > BIND 9 > OpenOffice > Mozilla > KDE desktop + Konq > Java 1.3/1.4 + Tomcat/etc > MySQL > Others? I've found that privoxy is a good program to test threads. It does alot of network io too. ports/www/privoxy. Just point your web browser to use it. > The questions that I would like to have answered are: >=20 > Does it take advantage of pthreads Yes. > Does it work with libkse and libthr Sort of. > Does it operate correctly libthr: tends to segfault (sig11). Occasional DNS resolution issues. libkse: tends to segfault (sig11), I've gotten my box to crash once too (BAD!). ^C still doesn't kill the process.=20 Occasional DNS resolution issues. Here's the output from the console: Aug 27 10:22:41 Privoxy(134991872) Request: images.slashdot.org/greendot.gif Aug 27 10:22:41 Privoxy(134979584) Request: images.slashdot.org/pix.gif Aug 27 10:22:46 Privoxy(135041024) Error: could not resolve hostname images= .slashdot.org ^^^^--- This is bad, I have no problems resolving this normally. ^CAug 27 10:22:56 Privoxy(135163904) Info: exiting by signal 2 .. bye ^CAug 27 10:23:35 Privoxy(135151616) Info: exiting by signal 2 .. bye ^CAug 27 10:23:35 Privoxy(135110656) Info: exiting by signal 2 .. bye ^CAug 27 10:23:36 Privoxy(135065600) Info: exiting by signal 2 .. bye ^CAug 27 10:23:36 Privoxy(135053312) Info: exiting by signal 2 .. bye ^CAug 27 10:23:36 Privoxy(134742016) Info: exiting by signal 2 .. bye ^^^--- I guess I killed the individual threads. ^C^C^C ^C^C^C ^C^C^C ^^^--- Nothing left to kill? load: 0.35 cmd: privoxy 1257 [KSE] 0.06u 0.09s 0% 3424k ^^^--- I hit ^T here. > Does it perform better/worse than with libc_r When it worked, it worked better under thr and kse. > Does it perform better/worse than under FreeBSD 4.x ENOTTESTED In short, we aren't there yet. -gordon --rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/TUW9Ru2t9DV9ZfsRAiFWAJ9lsYJIgw6/+42RG0+3rqXWusLX3gCdH91h ROSeJ04lEwuXCJO/PhGu4bw= =N+kU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rCwQ2Y43eQY6RBgR--