Yes, turning time_statistics off (at the session
level) gets rid of all the times() calls. Further
turning off timed_os_statistics (from 5 to 0) gets rid
of getrusage() as well, leaving only gettimeofday()
calls

Thanks,
Boris Dali.

 --- Boris Dali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date:
Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:29:24 -0800
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: Boris Dali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: raw traces - EXEC: c=10,000 e=40
> 
> Is this true? strace-ing on linux shows gettimeofday
> calls (for e) and getrusage (for c) - just like Cary
> describes. On HP however tusc-ing a simple "select *
> from dual" issued from sqlplus I see:
> 
> calls sys call
> ----- --------
> 1     gettimeofday()
> 1     getrusage()
> 15    times()
> 
> Which sys call is used for what? 
> Guess I can turn timed_statistics off and see how it
> affects the (amount of) sys calls issued
> 
> Thanks,
> Boris Dali.
> 
>  --- Niall Litchfield
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <me>
> reads
> Jonathan's description and blushes</me> 
> > 
> > So it'll be a *feature* and not a bug then. IIRC e
> > comes from POSIX
> > gettimeofday calls on all platforms except Windows
> > -- where it looks
> > like GetTickCount. If this is true then the
> accuracy
> > of e will be
> > limited by the accuracy of gettimeofday. 
> > 
> > Niall
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> > > Behalf Of Niall Litchfield
> > > Sent: 02 December 2003 22:24
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Subject: RE: raw traces - EXEC: c=10,000 e=40
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I'd be highly, highly suspicious of the cpu time
> > c. 
> > > 
> > > 1. You should be able to verify (roughly the
> > elapsed time) of 
> > > the statement, if by no other means than running
> > in sqlplus 
> > > with timing on. 
> > > 2. 3 statements with *exactly* the same cpu time
> -
> > all in 
> > > very very round numbers. Seems unlikely to me. 
> > > 
> > > Might be an hp-ux bug but as I don't have HP-UX
> to
> > play with 
> > > that is speculation of the first order. 
> > > 
> > > Niall
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > > Behalf Of Boris Dali
> > > > Sent: 02 December 2003 20:49
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > > Subject: raw traces - EXEC: c=10,000 e=40
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Reading Cary's book I understand that c and e
> > are
> > > > measured via different system calls (haven't
> > truss'ed
> > > > [well tusc'ed] them yet - I am on HP-UX
> 11.11),
> > but
> > > > would anybody know what the reasonable upper
> > limit of
> > > > c-e might be?
> > > > 
> > > > I am looking at the trace file where c is more
> > than
> > > > two orders of magnitude greater than e, which
> > make me
> > > > wonder if I a have some anomaly on my system
> > > > 
> > > > Some examples:
> > > > 
> > > > EXEC
> > > > 
> > >
> >
>
#98:c=10000,e=433,p=0,cr=2,cu=2,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=1777312113968
> > > > 
> > > > EXEC
> > > >
> >
>
#110:c=10000,e=390,p=0,cr=1,cu=3,mis=0,r=1,dep=1,og=4,tim=1777
> > > > 312181650
> > > > 
> > > > PARSE
> > > > 
> > >
> >
>
#103:c=10000,e=40,p=0,cr=0,cu=0,mis=0,r=0,dep=1,og=4,tim=1777314524922
> > > > 
> > > > Oracle 9.2.0.4.0 on HP-UX 11.11
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Boris Dali.
> > > > 
> > > >
> >
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