On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 15:37, Gonyou, Austin wrote:
> I'm trying to uncover the root of an issue.
> The issue is this:
> When running a perl script I can get perl to jump up to 99% cpu. When this
> happens, I can't kill the process.
> The only thing I can do to recover properly is reset the system. Either
> power cycle or reset.
> Is there anyone who could attempt to run the attatched script and let me
> know if they experience something similar?
>
> The targe configuration of the box I'm most concerned with is as follows:
> 512MB RAM (ecc, parity, registered)
> 1x 9GB SCSI HDD(seagate)
> 1x PCI RAID controller(AMI MegaRAID express) wrthru and read-cached.
> DUAL 550 PIII
> RH 7.1 SGI XFS 1.0 installed or later.
> non-updated perl 5.6.0(installed with 7.1)
> Mount options for the filesystem I'm testing with.
> /dev/sda5 on /home type xfs (rw,biosize=13,logbufs=8,osyncisdsync)
>
> 2.4.13 Vanilla kernel + SGI XFS patch for 2.4.13.
> Attatched are the perl scripts I use to test with. Also the kernel config
> I'm using. I'm pretty desparate here.
> If you can offer help on this, please help!
>
>
> --
> Austin Gonyou
> Systems Architect, CCNA
> Coremetrics, Inc.
> Phone: 512-796-9023
> email: austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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>
Austin, you did not tell me you were using biosize, have you tried
without it?
Steve
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