Re: [tlug] meaning of dprofpp output

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

On 7/31/07, Nguyen Vu Hung <vu-hung@example.com> wrote:
> The system runs Linux 2.4, Apache 1.3.27, mod_perl 1.29.
>
> Some modules takes a lot of time and drives the system to ( nearly )
> freezing.
>
> By running top, I know that the process httpd takes a lot of CPU and
> memory usage.

#SNIP

> And now the questions:
>
> 1. What is the meaning of "Total Elapsed Time"?,
> Why Total Elapsed Time = 450 seconds which is not equal to
> sum of all ExclSec below?
> 2. Can I conclude that sub routine REMOVED1 is the cause
> to the performance issue? It takes 7.3 seconds to be excuted.

I cannot help with reading the output of dprofpp. However, What is the
status of the process when viewed using "ps -aux" ?

Regards, Keith