Hello all, I have already notified to the mailing list a performance problem with apache/mod_php5.
Now I have an update and I think this is probably a bug. PHP lstat the full path more times before read the file when in apache httpd configuration is specified *PHP_ADMIN_VALUE open_basedir *setting. I have a simple website with only phpinfo.php page and inside we have only "<? phpinfo() ?>". httpd.2.2.15 fresh compiled and PHP 5.2.13. If is specified *PHP_ADMIN_VALUE open_basedir* in Virtual host configuration: <Directory "/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs"> * PHP_ADMIN_VALUE open_basedir "/usr/local/myspace/webspace"* </Directory> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName damorealt.xoom.it DocumentRoot "/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs" CustomLog /var/log/httpd/damorealt/access_log combined ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/damorealt/error_log </VirtualHost > Calling page http://damorealt.xoom.it/phpinfo.php we can reproduce following behavior: 25933 accept(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(47433), sin_addr=inet_addr("212.48.14.186")}, [17179869200]) = 15 25933 getsockname(15, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(80), sin_addr=inet_addr("151.99.197.198")}, [17179869200]) = 0 25933 fcntl(15, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) 25933 fcntl(15, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 25933 read(15, "GET /phpinfo.php HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-"..., 8000) = 129 25933 gettimeofday({1278695388, 52976}, NULL) = 0 25933 stat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16, ...}) = 0 25933 open("/usr/local/myspace/.htaccess", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 25933 open("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/.htaccess", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 25933 open("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/.htaccess", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 25933 open("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php/.htaccess", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory) 25933 setitimer(ITIMER_PROF, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={20, 0}}, NULL) = 0 25933 rt_sigaction(SIGPROF, {0x2b80442fdd80, [PROF], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x3916e302d0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 25933 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [PROF], NULL, 8) = 0 25933 getcwd("/"..., 4095) = 2 25933 chdir("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs") = 0 *water boiling point* 25933 lstat("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16, ...}) = 0 First check 25933 lstat("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16, ...}) = 0 Second check 25933 lstat("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 Third check (incomplete) 25933 lstat("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 25933 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16, ...}) = 0 Final check and then read the file. 25933 open("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php", O_RDONLY) = 16 25933 fstat(16, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16, ...}) = 0 25933 read(16, "<? phpinfo() ?>\n", 8192) = 16 25933 read(16, "", 8192) = 0 25933 read(16, "", 8192) = 0 25933 close(16) = 0 If *PHP_ADMIN_VALUE open_basedir "/usr/local/myspace/webspace" is removed*in virtual host configuration we finally have simpliest behavior: 226235 accept(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(59366), sin_addr=inet_addr("212.48.14.186")}, [17179869200]) = 15 26235 getsockname(15, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(80), sin_addr=inet_addr("151.99.197.198")}, [17179869200]) = 0 26235 fcntl(15, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) 26235 fcntl(15, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 26235 read(15, "GET /phpinfo.php HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-"..., 8000) = 129 26235 gettimeofday({1278696735, 988799}, NULL) = 0 26235 stat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16, ...}) = 0 26235 open("/usr/local/myspace/.htaccess", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26235 open("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/.htaccess", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26235 open("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/.htaccess", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26235 open("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php/.htaccess", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory) 26235 setitimer(ITIMER_PROF, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={20, 0}}, NULL) = 0 26235 rt_sigaction(SIGPROF, {0x2afef587dd80, [PROF], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART, 0x3916e302d0}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 26235 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [PROF], NULL, 8) = 0 26235 getcwd("/"..., 4095) = 2 26235 chdir("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs") = 0 *water boiling point* 26235 time(NULL) = 1278696735 26235 lstat("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26235 lstat("/usr/local", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26235 lstat("/usr/local/myspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26235 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26235 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26235 lstat("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16, ...}) = 0 And read the file. 26235 open("/usr/local/myspace/webspace/httpdocs/phpinfo.php", O_RDONLY) = 16 26235 fstat(16, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16, ...}) = 0 26235 read(16, "<? phpinfo() ?>\n", 8192) = 16 26235 read(16, "", 8192) = 0 26235 read(16, "", 8192) = 0 26235 close(16) = 0 26235 uname({sys="Linux", node="svilpar4", ...}) = 0 26235 time(NULL) = 1278696735 26235 writev(15, [{"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nDate: Fri, 09 J"..., 173}, {"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//D"..., 4109}, {"<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3"..., 4101}], 3) = 8383 26235 writev(15, [{"<tr><td class=\"e\">highlight.bg</"..., 4105}, {"sendmail_from</td><td class=\"v\">"..., 4099}], 2) = 8204 26235 time(NULL) = 1278696735 26235 writev(15, [{" </td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"e\">HT"..., 4108}, {"</td><td class=\"v\">1024</td><td "..., 4098}], 2) = 8206 26235 writev(15, [{"md2 md4 md5 sha1 sha256 sha384 s"..., 4098}, {" </td></tr>\n</table><br />\n<tabl"..., 4106}], 2) = 8204 26235 writev(15, [{"session.use_cookies</td><td clas"..., 4104}, {" </td><td class=\"v\">enabled </td"..., 4102}], 2) = 8206 26235 chdir("/") = 0 26235 setitimer(ITIMER_PROF, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={0, 0}}, NULL) = 0 26235 writev(15, [{"\"]</td><td class=\"v\">Keep-Alive<"..., 4206}], 1) = 4206 26235 write(10, "212.48.14.186 - - [09/Jul/2010:1"..., 116) = 116 26235 shutdown(15, 1 /* send */) = 0 26235 poll([{fd=15, events=POLLIN}], 1, 2000) = 1 ([{fd=15, revents=POLLIN|POLLHUP}]) 26235 read(15, "", 512) = 0 26235 close(15) = 0 26235 read(4, 0x7fff615ff5eb, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) 26235 accept(3, Note that this behavior also happens when safemode is ON. Can somebody explain me why PHP have such behavior? Best regards, Vincenzo