[Mimedefang] CPU load problem

[Andy (An H. Nguyen)]

"Top" shows a bunch of busy mimedefang-multiplexor processes. Mimedefang is 
running on a RAMDisk.
last pid: 17172;  load avg:  10.2,  2.86,  1.34;       up 182+12:28:51
16:24:49
87 processes: 74 sleeping, 11 running, 2 on cpu
CPU states:  0.0% idle, 95.0% user,  5.0% kernel,  0.0% iowait,  0.0% swap
Memory: 8192M phys mem, 5674M free mem, 8193M swap, 8193M free swap

   PID USERNAME LWP PRI NICE  SIZE   RES STATE    TIME    CPU COMMAND
 17101 defang     1  22    0   40M   33M run      0:03 19.77%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17039 defang     1  32    0   50M   44M run      0:03 16.67%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17130 defang     1  32    0   35M   27M cpu      0:02 16.05%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17041 defang     1  42    0   50M   44M run      0:03 15.88%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17060 defang     1  32    0   46M   40M run      0:03 15.20%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17077 defang     1  41    0   41M   34M run      0:03 15.00%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17090 defang     1  33    0   40M   33M run      0:03 14.70%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17088 defang     1  32    0   38M   31M run      0:02 13.68%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17128 defang     1  32    0   35M   27M run      0:02 13.63%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17058 defang     1  42    0   47M   41M run      0:03 13.26%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17117 defang     1  32    0   35M   28M run      0:02 12.87%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17109 defang     1  33    0   35M   27M run      0:02 12.10%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17016 defang     1  59    0   50M   44M sleep    0:03  8.44%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17014 defang     1  59    0   50M   44M sleep    0:03  7.56%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 17000 defang     1  59    0   50M   44M sleep    0:03  0.87%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi
 16983 defang     1  59    0   50M   44M sleep    0:03  0.29%
/usr/local/bin/mimedefang-multiplexor -p
/var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang-multi


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From: "Steffen Kaiser" <skmimedefang at smail.inf.fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de>
> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Andy \(An H. Nguyen\) wrote:
>> I only have a couple small rulesets and have tried turned it off as well 
>> as turning off AWL and Bayes.
>> Still having high cpu.... and still seeing lots of SpamAssassin scans on 
>> "md-mx-ctrl busyslaves"
> Did you run "top" or alike program to check, which processes actually 
> allocate the CPU? I mean the output of MIMEDefang does not necessarily 
> mean that SpamAssassin is actively running at all. E.g. If you have a very 
> slow hard disk, you might have a very high io/wait times, if you don't use 
> a RAMdisk for the MIMEDefang spool, as well.
>
> Did you reload MIMEDefang to be sure the changes are in effect. a.s.o.
>
> Bye,