> On Mar 2, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Yann Ylavic <ylavic....@gmail.com> wrote: > > re: mod_proxy_hcheck backport > >> ylavic: Looks like the changes on struct proxy_worker_shared would break >> startup with "BalancerPersist on" due to the strict checks on >> the sizes of existing slotmems (slotmem_create/attach)? >> + jim: Yes, that is right (re: breakage)... this would be noted at >> + release. > > Maybe we could have a "BalancerPersist try" option which would > remove/reset the existing persistent files/SHMs when the sizes change > (either corrupted files or this kind of upgrade change). > > That could save the admin from having to locate the relevent > files/SHMs (on disk/ipc/dev) and remove them, which is not obvious > when you have multiple httpd instances running and only some of them > need this administrative cleanage (the others keep running), since the > names of the files/SHMs is not "configurable" (the ID based on > servername/line/.. is finally ap_proxy_hashfunc()ed for practical > reasons) and can hardly be related to an httpd instance...
Hmmm... iirc, if there is a mismatch, the old files are automagically removed.
