X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=HZ pBSMvo1iedJ7hH8lv2TqrolRSq5mQIdif43ldqZWj+OzbFTYpgWaqDfIEbP60MS6 +KDHvRlA2/CU51OQVPMqGxCmTGyKPuNM5lyI1QI+pqe231/P/F/1gbsh8vVSzg4P WthW+MRUZiw0Kl7pW59amuWknwF2dYgKglIJOKwTQ= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; s=default; bh=69w9/IAR re5hA5Q5G44zmByUyyk=; b=RmZfpNC1wo5rO1/HvXdD0Hg5IUlr7NmdqFlx1js+ 8PnH757V9y6+SOBE40GnrypjdCh3Dyuub0oVbUETwMU9RYXiZP4ARDZ94oNmZ4PE WMVKHxEtfp8tPXoaGmD1c4WO0oOCaiXibd/ht/VWu5dnaF4CPdjVy8RGl27T73dh f9U= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-wi0-f180.google.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.88.198 with SMTP id bi6mr12106625wib.75.1443116819129; Thu, 24 Sep 2015 10:46:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <560431B5.5040203@null.net> References: <5603CEC3 DOT 5080607 AT gmail DOT com> <560431B5 DOT 5040203 AT null DOT net> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:46:59 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Bash / cygwin process spawning (?) performance very slow From: Lee To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes On 9/24/15, litter wrote: >> On 24/09/2015 11:57, litter wrote: >>> Obviously something is. The FAQ entry does not mention performance, but >>> real failures. >>> How to further diagnose this? > > I took the plunge and spent almost a full day trying to find the cause. ... snip ... > turns out that Comodo Firewall (Free version) loads a DLL in each process > that is the cause of the delay. ... snip ... > (although it would have been nice if there was an easier way to diagnose it, > maybe with tracing?) If you use http://www.dependencywalker.com/ on bash.exe with view/full paths enabled, does the Comodo Firewall dll stand out or is it just another .dll loaded from windows\system32? Regards, Lee -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple