118274 2006-01-08 03:32 0000 SpamAssassin / spamd nice level 2006-10-18 08:57:31 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 enhancement --- 1 Andreas.Klauer@metamorpher.de perl@gentoo.org rajiv@gentoo.org Andreas.Klauer@metamorpher.de 2006-01-08 03:32:44 0000 I'm using SpamAssassin (spamd/spamc via fetchmail/procmail), and noticed that even with default config, it can cause quite a heavy cpu load at times. Since I receive a lot of mails (or rather, spam) but want my system to be responsive nevertheless, I decided to simply lower the spamd priority using nice. I "implemented" this by adding a SPAMD_NICELEVEL setting to /etc/conf.d/spamd, and passing this value to start-stop-daemon --nicelevel in /etc/init.d/spamd. I'm not attaching a patch because this change is trivial. If you want a patch nevertheless, please comment. I think it'd be nice to offer such a configuration setting for all daemons that are likely to be CPU intensive. mcummings@gentoo.org 2006-03-12 12:23:05 0000 thanks for the tip, commented into the conf.d file that gets installed post-emerge. rajiv@gentoo.org 2006-10-17 14:15:49 0000 looks like the conf.d file was updated, but no changes to the init script were made. Andreas.Klauer @ metamorpher.de: please attach your patched /etc/init.d/spamd file. thanks. Andreas.Klauer@metamorpher.de 2006-10-17 15:07:18 0000 Created an attachment (id=99903) spamd init script that adds --nicelevel to the start-stop-daemon call. Attached as requested. rajiv@gentoo.org 2006-10-18 08:57:31 0000 in cvs. thanks. 99903 2006-10-17 15:07 0000 spamd init script that adds --nicelevel to the start-stop-daemon call. spamd text/plain IyEvc2Jpbi9ydW5zY3JpcHQKIyBDb3B5cmlnaHQgMTk5OS0yMDA1IEdlbnRvbyBGb3VuZGF0aW9u CiMgRGlzdHJpYnV0ZWQgdW5kZXIgdGhlIHRlcm1zIG9mIHRoZSBHTlUgR2VuZXJhbCBQdWJsaWMg TGljZW5zZSB2MgojICRIZWFkZXI6IC92YXIvY3Zzcm9vdC9nZW50b28teDg2L21haWwtZmlsdGVy L3NwYW1hc3Nhc3Npbi9maWxlcy8zLjAuMC1zcGFtZC5pbml0LHYgMS41IDIwMDUvMDYvMjggMjM6 MDg6NTIgbWN1bW1pbmdzIEV4cCAkCgojIE5COiBDb25maWcgaXMgaW4gL2V0Yy9jb25mLmQvc3Bh bWQKCiMgUHJvdmlkZSBhIGRlZmF1bHQgbG9jYXRpb24gaWYgdGhleSBoYXZlbid0IGluIC9ldGMv Y29uZi5kL3NwYW1kClBJREZJTEU9JHtQSURGSUxFOi0vdmFyL3J1bi9zcGFtZC5waWR9CgpkZXBl bmQoKSB7CgluZWVkIG5ldAoJYmVmb3JlIG10YQoJdXNlIGxvZ2dlcgp9CgpzdGFydCgpIHsKCWVi ZWdpbiAiU3RhcnRpbmcgc3BhbWQiCglzdGFydC1zdG9wLWRhZW1vbiAtLXN0YXJ0IC0tcXVpZXQg XAogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgLS1uaWNlbGV2ZWwgJHtTUEFNRF9OSUNFTEVWRUw6LTB9IFwKCQkt LWV4ZWMgL3Vzci9zYmluL3NwYW1kIC0tIC1kIC1yICR7UElERklMRX0gXAoJCQkke1NQQU1EX09Q VFN9CgllZW5kICQ/ICJGYWlsZWQgdG8gc3RhcnQgc3BhbWQiCn0KCnN0b3AoKSB7CgllYmVnaW4g IlN0b3BwaW5nIHNwYW1kIgoJc3RhcnQtc3RvcC1kYWVtb24gLS1zdG9wIC0tcXVpZXQgLS1waWRm aWxlICR7UElERklMRX0KCWVlbmQgJD8gIkZhaWxlZCB0byBzdG9wIHNwYW1kIgp9Cg==