Server admin newbie. Can someone help me find out why mysql is using large amount of cpu.
What info do you need? Here's what I know to give.... If I go to cpanel and "show current CPU usage" This is what the issue is: /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --log-error=/var/lib/mysql/vps.justmydns.net.err --pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/vps.justmydns.net.pid If I go to trace I am getting this mess: Process 21960 attached - interrupt to quit select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 accept(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="\354\277\1"...}, [2]) = 294 fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR) = 0 getsockname(294, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/lib/mysql\1"...}, [28]) = 0 fcntl64(294, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY) = 0 fcntl64(294, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(294, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 setsockopt(294, SOL_IP, IP_TOS, [8], 4) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported) futex(0x87a12c4, FUTEX_WAKE_OP_PRIVATE, 1, 1, 0x87a12c0, {FUTEX_OP_SET, 0, FUTEX_OP_CMP_GT, 1}) = 1 select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 accept(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="\354\277\1"...}, [2]) = 294 fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR) = 0 getsockname(294, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/lib/mysql\1"...}, [28]) = 0 fcntl64(294, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY) = 0 fcntl64(294, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(294, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 setsockopt(294, SOL_IP, IP_TOS, [8], 4) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported) futex(0x87a12c4, FUTEX_WAKE_OP_PRIVATE, 1, 1, 0x87a12c0, {FUTEX_OP_SET, 0, FUTEX_OP_CMP_GT, 1}) = 1 futex(0x87a0be0, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 1 select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 accept(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="\354\277\1"...}, [2]) = 294 fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR) = 0 getsockname(294, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/lib/mysql\1"...}, [28]) = 0 fcntl64(294, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY) = 0 fcntl64(294, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(294, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 setsockopt(294, SOL_IP, IP_TOS, [8], 4) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported) futex(0x87a12c4, FUTEX_WAKE_OP_PRIVATE, 1, 1, 0x87a12c0, {FUTEX_OP_SET, 0, FUTEX_OP_CMP_GT, 1}) = 1 select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 accept(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="\354\277\1"...}, [2]) = 409 fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR) = 0 getsockname(409, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/lib/mysql\1"...}, [28]) = 0 fcntl64(409, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY) = 0 fcntl64(409, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(409, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 setsockopt(409, SOL_IP, IP_TOS, [8], 4) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported) futex(0x87a12c4, FUTEX_WAKE_OP_PRIVATE, 1, 1, 0x87a12c0, {FUTEX_OP_SET, 0, FUTEX_OP_CMP_GT, 1}) = 1 select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 accept(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="\354\277\1"...}, [2]) = 410 fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR) = 0 getsockname(410, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/lib/mysql\1"...}, [28]) = 0 fcntl64(410, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY) = 0 fcntl64(410, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(410, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 setsockopt(410, SOL_IP, IP_TOS, [8], 4) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported) futex(0x87a12c4, FUTEX_WAKE_OP_PRIVATE, 1, 1, 0x87a12c0, {FUTEX_OP_SET, 0, FUTEX_OP_CMP_GT, 1}) = 1 select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 accept(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="\354\277\1"...}, [2]) = 294 fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR) = 0 getsockname(294, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/lib/mysql\1"...}, [28]) = 0 fcntl64(294, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY) = 0 fcntl64(294, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(294, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 setsockopt(294, SOL_IP, IP_TOS, [8], 4) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported) futex(0x87a12c4, FUTEX_WAKE_OP_PRIVATE, 1, 1, 0x87a12c0, {FUTEX_OP_SET, 0, FUTEX_OP_CMP_GT, 1}) = 1 select(5, [4], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [4]) fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 accept(4, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="\354\277\1"...}, [2]) = 294 fcntl64(4, F_SETFL, O_RDWR) = 0