Subject: Re: [PATCH] murderous HUP
To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:40:23 +0000 (GMT)
From: Ben Laurie <ben@gonzo.ben.algroup.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <9702180812.aa17243@paris.ics.uci.edu> from "Roy T. Fielding" at
 Feb 18, 97 08:11:57 am
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Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> 
> Marc Slemko writes:
> >--- 1030,1086 ----
> >      for (i = 0; i < HARD_SERVER_LIMIT; ++i) {
> >  	int pid = scoreboard_image->servers[i].pid;
> >  
> >! 	if (pid != my_pid && pid != 0) { 
> >! 	    int waitret = 0,
> >! 		tries = 1;
> >! 
> >! 	    while (waitret == 0 && tries <= 4) {
> >! 		int waittime = 1; /* in usecs */
> >! 		struct timeval tv;
> 
> Ummm, there is no point in waiting for any less than 1000 usecs, since
> that's about how long it takes to execute a single instruction on a
> reasonably fast machine.  I suggest starting with 4096 and *8 on each pass.
> We don't want process swapping to steal all execution time from the children.

Errr ... 1000 us=1 ms, a 1 kHz clock. I think you are getting mixed up with
ns here, and even then, 100 ns would seem closer to the mark...

Cheers,

Ben.

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