RE: SPEC / mod_specweb99.c
Oh Cool (and thanks for the inputs). Somebody here was suggesting that we should get the module approved by the SPEC - so that it'll be more useful :).. -Madhu >-Original Message- >From: Greg Ames [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:04 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: SPEC / mod_specweb99.c > > >MATHIHALLI,MADHUSUDAN (HP-Cupertino,ex1) wrote: >> Hi, >> Does anybody know if the mod_specweb99.c been 'blessed' >by the SPEC >> committee ?..I mean, have they acknowledged that the module >acts in a SPEC >> compliant manner? > >No, they have not blessed it. > >> I had a doubt regarding executing CGI scripts in SPECweb99 - >somebody here >> told me that the SPEC mandates the web server to fork a >child process to >> execute a CGI script - is that so ?. > >Yes, that is so. You need to configure a SPEC CGI independently from >mod_specweb99. Fortunately this is only a tiny fraction of >the workload. > >In spite of the low frequency of CGI requests, I've seen >multiple zombie CGI >processes hanging around quite often. Bill S. had a fix for >apr/unix/pools.c::free_proc_chain not too long ago that might >help with the >zombies. Switching to a compiled CGI as Dave suggested >wouldn't hurt either. > >Greg >
Re: SPEC / mod_specweb99.c
MATHIHALLI,MADHUSUDAN (HP-Cupertino,ex1) wrote: Hi, Does anybody know if the mod_specweb99.c been 'blessed' by the SPEC committee ?..I mean, have they acknowledged that the module acts in a SPEC compliant manner? No, they have not blessed it. I had a doubt regarding executing CGI scripts in SPECweb99 - somebody here told me that the SPEC mandates the web server to fork a child process to execute a CGI script - is that so ?. Yes, that is so. You need to configure a SPEC CGI independently from mod_specweb99. Fortunately this is only a tiny fraction of the workload. In spite of the low frequency of CGI requests, I've seen multiple zombie CGI processes hanging around quite often. Bill S. had a fix for apr/unix/pools.c::free_proc_chain not too long ago that might help with the zombies. Switching to a compiled CGI as Dave suggested wouldn't hurt either. Greg
Re: SPEC / mod_specweb99.c
> I had a doubt regarding executing CGI scripts in SPECweb99 - somebody here > told me that the SPEC mandates the web server to fork a child process to > execute a CGI script - is that so ?. Speaking of cgi scripts - be sure to use the C based one for this, the perl based reference is quite a bit more cpu intensive. The cgi component really adds up in the cpu time, but then again, I think that was part of the point. The assumption was that a busy site would do certain things in the fastest way possible (ie mod_specweb) but that some things would continue to be done the hard way (basic cgi). If anyone does not have a copy of the C program you can get it from me or from the specweb archives (part of the submittals). Dave
Re: SPEC / mod_specweb99.c
> Does anybody know if the mod_specweb99.c been 'blessed' by the SPEC > committee ?..I mean, have they acknowledged that the module acts in a SPEC > compliant manner? As far as I am aware, the module has not been used for benchmarks submitted to the SPEC organization. That is the moment any code would get 'blessed': SPEC validates the results and the way they were obtained and the benchmarkee submits the API source code as part of this process. > I had a doubt regarding executing CGI scripts in SPECweb99 - somebody here > told me that the SPEC mandates the web server to fork a child process to > execute a CGI script - is that so ?. This is the case for Dynamic CGI GET requests. You set a special URL for this in your rc file. All other dynamic requests can be processed by in-process code and most if not all submittors have written code for this. S. -- Covalent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering groupVoice: (415) 856 4214 303 Second Street #375 South Fax: (415) 856 4210 San Francisco CA 94107 PGP Fingerprint: 7A8D B189 E871 80CB 9521 9320 C11E 7B47 964F 31D9
SPEC / mod_specweb99.c
Hi, Does anybody know if the mod_specweb99.c been 'blessed' by the SPEC committee ?..I mean, have they acknowledged that the module acts in a SPEC compliant manner? I had a doubt regarding executing CGI scripts in SPECweb99 - somebody here told me that the SPEC mandates the web server to fork a child process to execute a CGI script - is that so ?. -Madhu
