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Sigenable and Siginhibit System Calls

 
JACQUET
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Sigenable and Siginhibit System Calls

Hello,

I've upgraded from HP-UX 10.20 to HP-UX 11.00 an K460, and i encountered some Perf problems.
A process, which is usually running well on a production server, don't work very well now...
When i look precisely with Glance Plus what system calls it is running, most of all system calls are "sigenable" and "siginhibit". What does it mean ?
Thanks for your help...
PJA.
PJA
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A. Clay Stephenson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Sigenable and Siginhibit System Calls

HI,

In database applications these routines are used to surround critical sections of code and to make them immune to interrupts until that section of code is completed. These are normally small sections of code that complete very quickly. A large number of these calls is not surprising.

Clay
If it ain't broke, I can fix that.
JACQUET
Frequent Advisor

Re: Sigenable and Siginhibit System Calls

Thanks for those explanations, i have to look at it more precisely now...

PJA
PJA