# processor load problem

Pavel Curtis (pavel@parc.xerox.com)
Fri, 10 Nov 1995 13:46:37 PST

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    Andreas Dieberger writes:
    > Our sysop told me that my MOO frequently takes up to 90% of the processor
    > time of our server (which is a quite fast machine).
    >
    > And here is the info I got from out sysop:
    >
    > >  PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE   TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
    > >  802 root     -25    0  6716K   596K cpu  1159:12 94.71% 93.88% mpl-moo
    > >
    > >As you can tell mpl-moo is taking 90% and up all the time and I'm not sure
    > >why. If you could take another look at it I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
    >
    > I just noticed that the MOO obviously runs under root - I dont think that
    > should be like that. Could that somehow cause the problem ...? Still how
    > can it cause that much load if it doesnt *do* anything?

    It looks to me like you're using a hacked MOO server, possibly with the MPL
    patch (multi-port listening)?  In any case, something is weird about how you're
    doing things, since the normal MOO server never runs as root and never mucks
    with its scheduling priority.  What's the rest of the story?

    	Pavel