Re: Default for memory_pools_limit

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Evgeny Kotsuba wrote:

> cf.data.pre
> -----------8<-------------------------------
> NAME: memory_pools_limit
> COMMENT: (bytes)
> TYPE: b_size_t
> DEFAULT: 5 MB
>
>
> If not set (default) or set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> can. That is, there will be no limit on the total amount of memory
> used for safe-keeping.

The description is obviously wrong here considering the current default..

Should read "If set to zero, ..." (fixed)

> Also why default is changed from none to 5Mb ?

Because it in most configurations is nice if Squid gives back memory to
the OS after a situation where it temporarily used a lot of some pooled
item. This has happened many times in the past with temporary memory leaks
and other similar problems, and can also happen in a few cases by design.

> PS: And why phrase construction "if xxxxxx than yyyyyy " is chnaged to
> "if xxxxxxx yyyyyy" ?
> For example,
>
> If off the URLs for icons will always be absolute URLs
> including the proxy name and port.
>
> Without "then" it is a bit unintelligibly

date: 2004/08/04 16:13:26; author: wessels; state: Exp; lines: +101 -101
grammatical nitpicks courtesy of Ray Phillips.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Jan 24 2005 - 17:16:48 MST