where are the processes?

[Rikard Johansson]

Hi,

Note that there is a bug in the output from etop_txt, values are  
printed on the wrong location, i.e. with wrong label.
The bug existed in at least R10B6.
This patch corrects the problem:


57,59c57,59
<     io:fwrite(Fd,?SYSFORM,  
[Config#opts.node,Clock,Cpu,Tot,NProcs,Procs,
<                           RQ,Atom,Bin,Code,Ets]),
<     io:nl(Fd),
---
 >     io:fwrite(Fd,?SYSFORM, [Config#opts.node,Clock,  
Cpu,Tot,Bin,NProcs,
 >                           Procs,Code,RQ,Atom,Ets]),
 >     io:nl(Fd),

SYSFORM as defined in etop_defs.hrl:
-define(SYSFORM,
	" ~-72w~10s~n"
	" Load:  cpu  ~8w               Memory:  total    ~8w    binary    
~8w~n"
	"        procs~8w                        processes~8w    code      
~8w~n"
	"        runq ~8w                        atom     ~8w    ets       
~8w~n").

I have previously submitted this patch to erlang-patches, but I have  
not seen if it has made it way into any of the later releases.


/Rikard




22 apr 2006 kl. 06.47 skrev Michael McDaniel:

>
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 03:58:17PM -0700, Michael McDaniel wrote:
>> SHORT:  etop says 'procs  734506' and 'runq  15902' though I can't
>>         find the processes
>>
>> LONG: ...
>>
>>
>> SYSTEM:
>>
>>   yaws 1.56 compiled and running on R10B-10 on Linux
>>
>>   Everything is started from yaws except for the process
>>   that the 404 error handler sends messages to.
>>
>>   one appmod sends/receives messages with a persistent process
>>
>>   another persistent process does some file monitoring
>>
>>   a special 404 error handler sends a message to another
>>   persistent process (started independent of yaws).
>>
>>
>>   I start yaws thusly:
>>
>>   /bin/su root -c " /usr/local/bin/yaws -sname yaws_autosys -heart  \
>>                     -pa /var/yaws/ebin -D -x                        \
>>                     -erlarg \"-config /var/yaws/ebin/sys.config\"   \
>>                   "
>>
>>   and contents of sys.config are
>>
>>   [{mnesia, [{dir, "/var/yaws/Mnesia.yaws_autosys"}]}].
>>
>>
>>
>> Everything seems to work fine.  This all runs on a remote machine.
>> I login to that machine via ssh and run the following:
>>
>>
>> I have been noticing that, when running etop as
>>
>> $ erl -sname etop -hidden -s etop -s erlang halt -output text \
>>       -lines 27 -interval 33 -node 'yaws_autosys@REDACTED'
>>
>> I am seeing an increasing number of processes and also of
>> run queue processes, for example,
>>
>> ===================================================================== 
>> ===
>> yaws_autosys@REDACTED                                                
>> 20:25:01
>>
>> Load: cpu      0        Memory:  total      756842     
>> binary        121
>>       procs  734563              processes       0     
>> code          543
>>        runq   15736              atom         4626     
>> ets           342
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> ---
>>
>> When first starting, the procs is less than 1000, runq is zero or  
>> single
>> digit count, and total memory is less than ten megabytes.  binary,  
>> code,
>> ets, atom stay about the same.
>>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> correction:
>
>    should be "When first starting ... runq is under one hundred ..."
>
> ~M
>
>
>>
>> Now, when I remote shell as follows,
>>
>> $ erl -sname fu -remsh yaws_autosys@REDACTED
>> Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.4.13 [hipe]
>>
>> Eshell V5.4.13  (abort with ^G)
>> (yaws_autosys@REDACTED)1> erlang:statistics(run_queue).
>> 0
>> (yaws_autosys@REDACTED)2>
>> User switch command
>>  --> q
>> $
>>
>> The zero processes from erlang:statistics/1 has me confused  
>> compared to
>> what I am seeing using erlang:statistics/1 and what etop is  
>> showing me.
>>
>> I am concerned about all these processes I can't find and the  
>> large runq
>> shown by etop.
>>
>> I can do etop:config(lines, 300) there are less than 300 processes  
>> listed;
>> same for i() from the remote shell.
>>
>>
>>
>> QUESTIONS:
>>
>> 1) what are the two different run queues from erlang:statistics/1
>>    and the runq shown by etop?
>>
>> 2) how can I see (via some text mode tool) what the actual processes
>>    and processes in the runq that etop says exist ?
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> ~Michael
>
> -- 
> Michael McDaniel
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>