huge apache+mod_perl processes

[Eugene Toropov]

Greetings,

We have a problem with huge Apache+mod_perl2 processes of 150-200 Mb in size. 
After apache restart they are usually 40-50 Mb in size, then in a minute grow 
up to 100-150 Mb and then some time later may grow up to 200 Mb. I suspect a 
certain type of http queries and would like to know if there are any 
manuals/howtos/tools to investiagate such cases.

# perl -v
This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for x86_64-linux

# strings /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_perl.so | grep mod_perl\/
mod_perl/2.0.4

# /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Unix)

# pmap -x 8320
8320:   /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -DSSL
Address           Kbytes     RSS   Dirty Mode   Mapping
0000000000400000     584     496       0 r-x--  httpd
0000000000692000      24      20      20 rw---  httpd
0000000000698000      12       8       8 rw---    [ anon ]
0000000017c10000  147640  144612  144608 rw---    [ anon ]
....
----------------  ------  ------  ------
total kB          352380  156560  151324


# /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -l
Compiled in modules:
  core.c
  mod_authn_file.c
  mod_authn_default.c
  mod_authz_host.c
  mod_authz_groupfile.c
  mod_authz_user.c
  mod_authz_default.c
  mod_auth_basic.c
  mod_include.c
  mod_filter.c
  mod_log_config.c
  mod_env.c
  mod_setenvif.c
  mod_version.c
  prefork.c
  http_core.c
  mod_mime.c
  mod_status.c
  mod_autoindex.c
  mod_asis.c
  mod_cgi.c
  mod_negotiation.c
  mod_dir.c
  mod_actions.c
  mod_userdir.c
  mod_alias.c
  mod_rewrite.c
  mod_so.c
#


Cheers
Eugene