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can you repro this reliably? if so, output from -D and/or an "strace - -f -p $spamdpid" would be helpful. where does "tie" come in? (from the subj line). - --j. Matthew Daubenspeck writes: > I am using Spamassassin 3.0.3 on a Gentoo AMD64 system with exim and > exiscan. This has worked VERY well for months without a single issue. > All of the sudden spamd eventually uses all of both CPU's and nearly > locks the machine. I have tried downgrading to 3.0.2 with the same > result. I have been using several of the RulesDuJour's and first started > to suspect that. > > I removed all of the files from /etc/mail/spamassassin except for the > following local.cf: > > required_hits 5 > skip_rbl_checks 0 > use_bayes 0 > score HELO_DYNAMIC_IPADDR 2 > score ALL_TRUSTED 0 > use_auto_whitelist 0 > > When spamd is running normally its processes look as such: > > # ps aux | grep spamd > root 29434 0.0 1.6 66712 33828 ? Ss 21:13 0:00 > /usr/sbin/spamd -d -r /var/run/spamd.pid -m 5 -c -H > root 29442 0.1 1.8 69712 37152 ? S 21:13 0:00 spamd > child > root 29443 0.0 1.7 68852 36300 ? S 21:13 0:00 spamd > child > root 29444 0.0 1.7 68444 35904 ? S 21:13 0:00 spamd > child > root 29445 0.0 1.7 68124 35584 ? S 21:13 0:00 spamd > child > root 29446 0.0 1.7 68160 35600 ? S 21:13 0:00 spamd > child > > When both CPU's are pegged at 100%, they look like this: > > # ps aux | grep spamd > root 10097 0.2 5.6 152336 117208 ? Ss 10:32 0:06 > /usr/sbin/spamd -d -r /var/run/spamd.pid -m 5 -c -H > root 10378 0.9 6.8 176116 141012 ? S 10:32 0:19 spamd > child > root 10379 1.0 6.6 170452 136024 ? S 10:32 0:22 spamd > child > root 10380 0.9 6.8 174528 140080 ? S 10:32 0:19 spamd > child > nobody 10381 27.1 38.0 818616 783476 ? R 10:32 9:20 spamd > child > root 10382 0.7 6.4 167376 133004 ? S 10:32 0:16 spamd > child > > I'm sure pasting that to a message screwed everything up, so you can > also see them at http://daubnet.dyndns.org:3000/foo/spamassassin > > For some reason, one of the processes switches from being owned by root > to owned by nobody. Its state also changes from S to R. The only way I > can clear this is by killing all spamd processes and restarting the > service. I was initially using bayes, but thought that might have > something to do with it so I disabled it. This made no change. > > I've tried everything I can think of but nothing makes any difference. I > have searched the archives and can't seem to find a solution. I know the > list has heard this a million times, but I have changed nothing as far > as settings in months :) > > Any suggestions? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh CVS iD8DBQFCn1KnMJF5cimLx9ARAvkNAJ9RzXGvFxCHkrSKcpBAVuaizjpASACgr/i6 wpy5hgHz/nI9P1s0hgHvYaM= =lgor -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
