mysqld starts loads of mostly sleeping children

[Michael Widenius]

>>>>> "Axel" == Axel Schwenke <schwenke@stripped> writes:

Axel> 	and 'ps ax | grep mysql
Axel>   115  ?  S    0:00 sh /usr/local/bin/safe_mysqld --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld.pid
Axel>   146  ?  S N  0:19 /usr/local/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local

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Hi!

The above is completely normal on Linux;  Each thread shows up as a
separate process.

Regards,
Monty