cholet 00/06/02 10:06:39 Modified: . SUPPORT Log: add Doug's snippet about spinning processes Revision Changes Path 1.15 +11 -0 modperl/SUPPORT Index: SUPPORT =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl/SUPPORT,v retrieving revision 1.14 retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15 --- SUPPORT 2000/03/03 00:30:52 1.14 +++ SUPPORT 2000/06/02 17:06:38 1.15 @@ -157,5 +157,16 @@ Rebuild httpd/mod_perl with PERL_DEBUG=1, let's see a new backtrace. + +=item SPINNING PROCESSES + +If a process is spinning (seemingly stuck in an endless loop, eating +up all cpu), you can use gdb to find which Perl code is causing the +spin: + +% gdb httpd <pid of spinning process> +(gdb) source modperl_x.xx/.gdbinit +(gdb) curinfo + =back