CPU Use High - /usr/local/bin/php

[OzRattler]

Hello All!!

I have taken the time to read through threads here plus elsewhere via Google pointing me to other sites.  I have limited, disabled and changed setting in order to resolve the issue of consuming 100% CPU.  It idles along at 40-50% but spends lots of time sitting between 95 and 100%.

Here is the image of System Activity:
last pid: 64690;  load averages:  1.79,  1.38,  1.17  up 23+05:44:41    21:17:04
111 processes: 3 running, 95 sleeping, 13 waiting

Mem: 44M Active, 24M Inact, 49M Wired, 31M Buf, 113M Free
Swap: 256M Total, 256M Free

PID USERNAME PRI NICE  SIZE    RES STATE    TIME  WCPU COMMAND
23625 root    106    0 29764K 23212K RUN      4:14 44.97% /usr/local/bin/php{php}
51342 root      76    0 30580K 23048K piperd  0:27 44.97% /usr/local/bin/php
  10 root    171 ki31    0K    8K RUN    475.1H  1.95% [idle]
  11 root    -68    -    0K  104K WAIT  176:00  0.00% [intr{irq11: vr1}]
  11 root    -68    -    0K  104K WAIT  119:28  0.00% [intr{irq10: vr0}]
  11 root    -32    -    0K  104K WAIT    85:21  0.00% [intr{swi4: clock}]
  13 root    -16    -    0K    8K -      55:55  0.00% [yarrow]
    0 root    -68    0    0K    72K -      30:20  0.00% [kernel{dummynet}]
  252 root      76  20  3352K  1188K kqread  23:33  0.00% /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status
28256 root      44    0 11076K  7476K kqread  21:24  0.00% /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-we
21679 root      44    0  3264K  1248K select  9:09  0.00% /usr/local/sbin/apinger -c /var/etc/apinger.co
31614 nobody    44    0  5512K  2780K select  8:03  0.00% /usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq –all-servers --rebind
  20 root      20    -    0K    8K syncer  2:13  0.00% [syncer]
    7 root    -16    -    0K    8K pftm    1:48  0.00% [pfpurge]
    3 root      -8    -    0K    8K -        1:38  0.00% [g_up]
5124 dhcpd    44    0 11456K  8640K select  1:37  0.00% /usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -user dhcpd -group _dhcp
  64 root      -8    -    0K    8K mdwait  1:35  0.00% [md0]
32750 root      76  20  3644K  1512K wait    1:08  0.00% /bin/sh /var/db/rrd/updaterrd.sh

pfSense :  2.1-RELEASE (i386)
ALIX Box and 2Gb Flash

Any thoughts, ideas suggestions are welcomed.  I know enough about Linux to be less than dangerous…..

Have fun in the meantime!

[jimp]

The CPU on ALIX is pretty slow by today's standards. If you leave a browser open on the dashboard it could chew up that much on there.

Open an SSH connection to the firewall, run "top -aSH" from the shell, and close your browser window to the firewall. If the CPU drops to 0 or close to it for PHP, then it's probably just the load from your browser on the dashboard or another AJAX-enabled page doing a continuous poll.

[kanzi]

I also see this behaviour with 2.1.3 on a Alix 2D13 on viewing the dashboard. But with 2.0.1 this problem doesn't exist on the same hardware.

[monodactylus]

For what it's worth.  I'm also seeing high cpu usage for php after upgrading from 2.0.3 to 2.1.3 on ALIX.6F2 and a Watchguard Firebox x1000.  When closing the tabs for the web interface the cpu on the ALIX drops to 0.  However on the Watchguard it does not.  It stays around 80%.  Wasn't seeing this issue on 2.0.3.

[engwan]

Same problem for me. I came from 2.0.1 and upgraded to 2.1.3.