CPU usage is high on Sun Ultra 2 while running CDE and Sol9.

From: Dennis Clarke (dclarke_at_blastwave.org)
Date: 11/19/03 

Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:12:42 -0500

The following occurs while moving a simple xterm window about on CDE. Nothing
else. I enabled the 'show contents during move' option in the CDE settings
and I watch as one of my CPUs gets flattened. I have a Creator 3D Series 3 in
the system as well as a TGX+. Seems odd that the hardware would not handle
the moving about of the pixels as opposed to the CPU.

kthr memory page disk faults cpu
r b w swap free re mf pi po fr de sr s1 s1 s2 s3 in sy cs us sy id
0 0 0 1617608 159064 3 4 27 9 8 0 0 2 0 0 1 540 404 617 2 1 97
0 0 0 1577496 158096 0 249 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 940 989 989 10 4 86
0 0 0 1577552 158160 0 332 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 861 1127 871 37 3 60
0 0 0 1577096 157704 0 1353 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1060 954 830 44 6 50
0 0 0 1576352 156960 0 2690 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1213 757 809 38 12 50
0 0 0 1576136 156856 0 2649 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1260 866 830 38 13 49
0 0 0 1575776 156856 0 2566 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1396 811 866 38 12 49
0 0 0 1576616 157224 0 2420 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1495 2472 935 50 18 32
0 0 0 1576288 157128 0 2512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1496 830 873 38 13 49
0 0 0 1576624 157232 0 2462 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1489 830 869 38 12 50
0 0 0 1577448 158056 0 852 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 821 741 721 13 4 82
0 0 0 1577672 158280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 510 294 602 0 0 100
0 0 0 1577672 158280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 512 323 612 1 0 99

Nothing else on the hardware is running and Sol9 is well patched, including
the CDE and OpenWin patches. Seems very odd that simply moving a window
about would drain an entire CPU.

Dennis

ps : The following patches have been applied :

112617-02 CDE 1.5: rpc.cmsd patch
112621-07 SunOS 5.9: Creator and Creator3D: FFB Graphics Patch
112783-01 X11 6.6.1: xterm patch
112785-26 X11 6.6.1: Xsun patch
112787-01 X11 6.6.1: twm patch
112804-01 CDE 1.5: sdtname patch
112805-01 CDE 1.5: Help volume patch
112806-01 CDE 1.5: sdtaudiocontrol patch
112807-07 CDE 1.5: dtlogin patch
112808-05 OpenWindows 3.6.3: Tooltalk patch
112810-05 CDE 1.5: dtmail patch
112811-01 OpenWindows 3.7.0: Xview Patch
112812-01 CDE 1.5: dtlp patch
113096-03 X11 6.6.1: OWconfig patch
113098-04 X11 6.6.1: X RENDER extension patch
113240-05 CDE 1.5: dtsession patch
113244-02 CDE 1.5: dtwm patch
113374-02 X11 6.6.1: xpr patch
113424-01 CDE 1.5: message patch to add IM title in the workspace menu
113513-02 X11 6.6.1: platform support for new hardware
113541-02 X11 6.6.1: XKB patch
113581-01 CDE 1.5: message patch to add to /usr/dt/bin/dtlp
113764-03 X11 6.6.1: keyboard patch
113789-01 CDE 1.5: dtexec patch
113798-01 CDE 1.5: libDtSvc patch
113839-01 CDE 1.5: sdtwsinfo patch
113841-01 CDE 1.5: answerbook patch
113861-03 CDE 1.5: dtksh patch
113863-01 CDE 1.5: dtconfig patch
113868-02 CDE 1.5: PDASync patch
113923-02 X11 6.6.1: security font server patch
114165-01 CDE 1.5: SUNWsregu Localization message patch
114219-05 CDE 1.5: sdtimage patch
114282-01 CDE 1.5: libDtWidget patch
114561-01 X11 6.6.1: X splash screen patch
114602-03 X11 6.6.1: libmpg_psr patch
114654-02 CDE 1.5: SmartCard patch
115158-04 X11 6.6.1: xscreensaver patch
115161-01 CDE 1.5: Addition of IFD card reader support for localization
115713-01 CDE 1.5: dtfile patch
116084-01 X11 6.6.1: font patch

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