Re: fork_attempts=10 ?

2021-02-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Marek Kozlowski wrote: > My system is not overloaded and - in many aspects quite typical one. Great! I believe you. But then there was absolutely no reason to double a limit that would never have been hit. If the system is not overloaded the the initial fork() will always succeed and there will

Re: fork_attempts=10 ?

2021-02-08 Thread Marek Kozlowski
:-) On 2/7/21 11:29 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Marek Kozlowski wrote: No, such configurable limits are great. My question was different. I suppose that many many years ago, many versions ago I had some problem with this server and I tried to solve it or apply a quick fix by incrementing the limit. U

Re: fork_attempts=10 ?

2021-02-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Marek Kozlowski wrote: > Have you ever read you own code (or quick fixes) written >5 years > ago if you'd forgotten to place comments? ;-) I often say, "I miss my younger brain." Back then I could remember all of the details. These days I write notes to my future self. My future self who will r

Re: fork_attempts=10 ?

2021-02-07 Thread Wietse Venema
Marek Kozlowski: > :-) > > On 2/7/21 10:00 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Marek Kozlowski: > >> :-) > >> > >> I'm working on simplification, adding comments and brushing up my > >> main.cf. I've just found the following entry: > >&g

Re: fork_attempts=10 ?

2021-02-07 Thread Marek Kozlowski
:-) On 2/7/21 10:00 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Marek Kozlowski: :-) I'm working on simplification, adding comments and brushing up my main.cf. I've just found the following entry: fork_attempts=10 Seems to be added manually so there was some reason for it. How many people

Re: fork_attempts=10 ?

2021-02-07 Thread Wietse Venema
Marek Kozlowski: > :-) > > I'm working on simplification, adding comments and brushing up my > main.cf. I've just found the following entry: > > fork_attempts=10 > > Seems to be added manually so there was some reason for it. How many people h

fork_attempts=10 ?

2021-02-07 Thread Marek Kozlowski
:-) I'm working on simplification, adding comments and brushing up my main.cf. I've just found the following entry: fork_attempts=10 Seems to be added manually so there was some reason for it. Unfortunately there is no comment on it in the file. The documentation is very short: