Re: nsdispatch performance issue for large group files (libc)

2009-03-29 Thread Ivan Voras
Anthony Bourov wrote: > Regarding performance of: lib/libc/net/nsdispatch.c Have you tried nscd(8)? It should at least amortize the startup costs... (see nsswitch.conf(5) for instructions how to set it up) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

nsdispatch performance issue for large group files (libc)

2009-03-23 Thread Anthony Bourov
Regarding performance of: lib/libc/net/nsdispatch.c When used from: lib/libc/net/getgrent.c (called by initgroups()) I don't normally post here but I wanted to get some feed back on a performance issue that I spotted. I run a large number of high-volume web hosting servers and noticed on some of