From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0785BB83 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 21:16:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k66JGAlZ021903 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 21:16:11 +0200 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA17309 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 21:16:09 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mz2.forethought.net (mzpi4.forethought.net [216.241.36.13]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k66JG25S021885 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 21:16:09 +0200 Received: from [216.241.35.41] (helo=[10.0.0.2]) by mz2.forethought.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FyZKO-0000NX-AK for caml-list@inria.fr; Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:15:56 -0600 Message-ID: <44AD619C.1000707@gushee.net> Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:16:44 -0600 From: Matt Gushee User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] LablGTK app maxes out CPU References: <44AAB3B3.6000807@gushee.net> <20060704191216.GA15888@localhost> <44AAC8EE.1060805@gushee.net> <20060704202117.GB15987@localhost> <44AC4A46.3070105@gushee.net> <20060706165121.GA4165@strontium.pps.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <20060706165121.GA4165@strontium.pps.jussieu.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44AD617A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44AD6172.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; lablgtk:01 vouillon:01 strace:01 strace:01 continuously:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 jerome:01 output:02 interpret:03 suggestions:05 rather:07 file:08 haven't:08 runs:08 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Jerome Vouillon wrote: > You should try to run your program with the strace program, which > traces system calls. This will tell you why your program runs > continuously rather than waiting for I/Os. Yes, if I know what to look for. I've used strace numerous times, but haven't often been able to interpret the output. Any suggestions about that? -- Matt Gushee : Bantam - lightweight file manager : matt.gushee.net/software/bantam/ : : RASCL's A Simple Configuration Language : matt.gushee.net/rascl/ :