[Asterisk-Dev] spike / asterisk hang? <- On a 360MHz CPU - no, 440 :)

alex at pilosoft.com alex at pilosoft.com
Fri Jul 15 13:01:55 MST 2005


On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Daniel Pocock wrote:

> >>But heck.. I suppose I can just ask this question.. why the heck does
> >>asterisk generate so many traps and system calls when processing a
> >>call?
> >Because it has to.
> Excuse me for butting in, but can you be more specific? I'd love to see
> the answer to Matt's question.
Traps and system calls = work. Asterisk has to open sockets (system call), 
etc. If you are curious what *exactly* is asterisk doing, use 
truss/dtrace.

-alex




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