Update caveats now that mdb_reader_check exists

vmware
Howard Chu 11 years ago
parent 214e9ed07d
commit c22a7d98ec
  1. 15
      libraries/liblmdb/lmdb.h

@ -48,8 +48,10 @@
* cause further writes to grow the database quickly, and
* stale locks can block further operation.
*
* Fix: Terminate all programs using the database, or make
* them close it. Next database user will reset the lockfile.
* Fix: Check for stale readers periodically, using the
* #mdb_reader_check function or the mdb_stat tool. Or just
* make all programs using the database close it; the lockfile
* is always reset on first open of the environment.
*
* - On BSD systems or others configured with MDB_USE_POSIX_SEM,
* startup can fail due to semaphores owned by another userid.
@ -86,11 +88,12 @@
* ...when several processes can use a database concurrently:
*
* - Avoid aborting a process with an active transaction.
* The transaction becomes "long-lived" as above until the lockfile
* is reset, since the process may not remove it from the lockfile.
* The transaction becomes "long-lived" as above until a check
* for stale readers is performed or the lockfile is reset,
* since the process may not remove it from the lockfile.
*
* - If you do that anyway, close the environment once in a while,
* so the lockfile can get reset.
* - If you do that anyway, do a periodic check for stale readers. Or
* close the environment once in a while, so the lockfile can get reset.
*
* - Do not use MDB databases on remote filesystems, even between
* processes on the same host. This breaks flock() on some OSes,

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