Subject: pkg/12242: Mozilla 0.8 is very slow
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <skrll@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/19/2001 11:10:59 
>Number:         12242
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       Mozilla 0.8 is very slow
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 19 03:12:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Nick Hudson
>Release:        NetBSD 1.5
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD kenny 1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (KENNY) #0: Tue Nov 21 16:09:50 GMT 2000 nick@kenny:/dsk/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/KENNY i386

>Description:
	Mozilla 0.8 runs very slow.

	A ktrace of mozilla-bin when running gives the following

 18358 mozilla-bin RET   poll 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  gettimeofday(0x50011df4,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   gettimeofday 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  __sigprocmask14(0,0,0x50011fd8)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   __sigprocmask14 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  __sigprocmask14(0x3,0x80710ac,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   __sigprocmask14 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  gettimeofday(0xbfbfd684,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   gettimeofday 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  gettimeofday(0xbfbfd610,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   gettimeofday 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  gettimeofday(0xbfbfd5c4,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   gettimeofday 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  ioctl(0xa,FIONREAD,0xbfbfcd94)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   ioctl 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  poll(0x8b55640,0x3,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   poll 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  gettimeofday(0xbfbfd614,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   gettimeofday 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  gettimeofday(0xbfbfd684,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   gettimeofday 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  ioctl(0xa,FIONREAD,0xbfbfce54)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   ioctl 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  __sigprocmask14(0,0,0x80710ac)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   __sigprocmask14 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  __sigprocmask14(0x3,0x50011fd8,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   __sigprocmask14 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  __sigprocmask14(0x1,0x48337318,0x50011dfc)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   __sigprocmask14 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  poll(0x8144b00,0x4,0x9)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   poll 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  gettimeofday(0x50011df4,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   gettimeofday 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  __sigprocmask14(0,0,0x50011fd8)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   __sigprocmask14 0
 18358 mozilla-bin CALL  __sigprocmask14(0x3,0x80710ac,0)
 18358 mozilla-bin RET   __sigprocmask14 0
 repeats ...


	This seems to be a loop in

		mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/md/unix/unix.c

 	the poll is at line 1611
>How-To-Repeat:
	run mozilla. Try to use - get bored.
>Fix:
	Don't know.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: