From: Florian Forster Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:37:29 +0000 (+0100) Subject: collectd.conf(5): Improve documentation of CreateFilesAsync. X-Git-Tag: collectd-5.3.0~37^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=712142ddece7d47bc081d416e2ce3d42096df04a;p=collectd.git collectd.conf(5): Improve documentation of CreateFilesAsync. --- diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod index ec527d7a..7626a463 100644 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod @@ -4649,9 +4649,10 @@ expected. Default is B. When enabled, new RRD files are enabled asynchronously, using a separate thread that runs in the background. This prevents writes to block, which is a problem especially when many hundreds of files need to be created at once. However, -this may lead to transient errors reported by code that assumes that the files -are already existing. When disabled (the default) files are created -synchronously, blocking for a short while, while the file is being written. +since the purpose of creating the files asynchronously is I to block until +the file is available, values before the file is available will be discarded. +When disabled (the default) files are created synchronously, blocking for a +short while, while the file is being written. =item B I @@ -4718,9 +4719,10 @@ beneath the daemon's working directory, i.e. the B. When enabled, new RRD files are enabled asynchronously, using a separate thread that runs in the background. This prevents writes to block, which is a problem especially when many hundreds of files need to be created at once. However, -this may lead to transient errors reported by code that assumes that the files -are already existing. When disabled (the default) files are created -synchronously, blocking for a short while, while the file is being written. +since the purpose of creating the files asynchronously is I to block until +the file is available, values before the file is available will be discarded. +When disabled (the default) files are created synchronously, blocking for a +short while, while the file is being written. =item B I