From: Gary Lockyer Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 03:25:02 +0000 (+1200) Subject: WHATSNEW: prefork restart X-Git-Tag: tdb-1.3.17~647 X-Git-Url: http://git.samba.org/samba.git/?p=bbaumbach%2Fsamba-autobuild%2F.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=830a65020475886af6bd1edc347c0a2b96d14a38;hp=2db38370e3f6f4c91e87c8c469f3b3c59c0f3a68 WHATSNEW: prefork restart Signed-off-by: Gary Lockyer Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett --- diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 98ada34e5c6..fc43edc8e86 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ information about how the users are spread across groups in your domain. The 'samba-tool group list --verbose' command has also been updated to include the number of users in each group. +prefork process restart +----------------------- + +The pre-fork process model now restarts failed processes. The delay between +restart attempts is controlled by the "prefork backoff increment" (default = 10) +and "prefork maximum backoff" (default = 120) smbd.conf parameters. A linear +back off strategy is used with "prefork backoff increment" added to the +delay between restart attempts up until it reaches "prefork maximum backoff". + +Using the default sequence the restart delays (in seconds) are: + 0, 10, 20, ..., 120, 120, ... + REMOVED FEATURES ================ @@ -75,8 +87,12 @@ The samba_backup script has been removed. This has now been replaced by the smb.conf changes ================ - Parameter Name Description Default - -------------- ----------- ------- + Parameter Name Description Default + -------------- ----------- ------- + prefork backoff increment Delay added to process restart 10 (seconds) + between attempts. + prefork maximum backoff Maximum delay for process between 120 (seconds) + process restart attempts KNOWN ISSUES