[imp] cpu/mem eating

Anil Madhavapeddy anil@recoil.org
Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:13:37 +0100


> Did anyone try imp2.3.7 on many user system? I just launched mine (around
> 70000 users), lots of req's and sometimes it libhttpd just starts eating
all
> cpu and memory.. Someone at usenet says it might be infinite loop problem
in
> php.. I wonder if I am the only one getting this effect on many user
system.
> apache1.3.14,php4.0.4pl1  rh7, latest kernel

It's a PHP problem; I see this too.  ktrace()ing the process only revealed
that the httpd was in an infinite loop trying to get the current time of
day, but I haven't been able to figure out any more ...

Anil