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From: Leif Hedstrom <zwoop@apache.org>
Subject: Re: TSPluginInit() only being called once
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:22:05 -0700
To: "dev@trafficserver.apache.org" <dev@trafficserver.apache.org>

On Dec 30, 2013, at 2:01 AM, Nick Kew <niq@apache.org> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>> On 29 Dec 2013, at 16:56, Leif Hedstrom wrote:
>>=20
>>> On Dec 29, 2013, at 7:37 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <adc@toolazydogs.com> wrote=
:
>>>=20
>>> Can I count on TSPluginInit() being called only once in the lifetime of a=
 plugin?
>>=20
>>=20
>> Currently, yes.
>>=20
>> There has been a number of discussions on the topic of making it possible=
 to reload plugins on a "live" system.
>=20
> Isn't that a separate issue?  A plugin can register an alternative-init
> function that works as a reload-init with TSMgmtUpdateRegister,
> just subject to TS-2036.


Sort of, but it doesn't reload the plugin code itself. A lot if people want t=
o be able to reload an updated .so on a live system. The reason I brought th=
is up is because a future version if ATS that supports this presumably need t=
o call the init function again. So semantics might change :).

Cheers

-- Leif=20
>=20
> --=20
> Nick Kew