System details: CentOS release 5.9, Apache/2.2.23,Perl 5.8.8, mod_perl 2.0 and Apache is running with pre-fork config.
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 8:18 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > Nageswara rao Gurram wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am new to mod perl environment so this may looks naive. >> Recenlty I observed my apache processes are getting huge.. When I tried >> to dig this down I found apache parent process (rss memory , mainly shared >> dirty) itself is increasing with number of requests it is serving, so when >> everytime it is creating a new child it is sharing all its memory with >> childs and they are getting even more bigger and so on.. >> I am thinking this might be one reason. I decalred a global variable in >> apache startup (so it'll be shared on across all childs), this variable >> will be loaded with huge DB data in one of perl modules(after request >> comes). Will this increase shared dirty of parent ? (After child writes >> into it, it will no longer shared between parent and child., and parent >> shared dirty should get decreased .. right ?) >> At start parent is only 100MB and after some days it's going above 250MB >> and so childs are going above 400M.. >> Can anybody help ? >> >> Hi. > First, it will probably save a lot of questioning (and time) later, if you > tell us right away : > - on which platform/OS this is running > - what version of Apache you are using > - what version of Perl > - what version of mod_perl > > and then, what configuration of Apache you are using (pre-fork, threaded, > ..?) > > All of that is likely to matter to the people that would try to help you. > > >
