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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] always keep one file-ioslave around
From:       aleXXX <alexander.neundorf () gmx ! net>
Date:       2002-05-02 20:48:11
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On Thursday 02 May 2002 21:41, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 May 2002 02:51 pm, aleXXX wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > since the file ioslave is a very basic element, I think it would be a
> > good idea to keep at least one of them always around, so that it hasn't
> > got to be restarted. The attached patch for kdelibs/kio/kio/scheduler.cpp
> > does this.
>
> No, I don't like this. It would increase the memory usage because every
> application that has used a file-slave once will stick to it till the end
> of times. If you want to do something like this you should do it in the
> slave pool maintained by klauncher:
>
> When a slave isn't used any more by the application it is send back to
> klauncher. When another application needs a slave, klauncher will check its
> pool of slaves first before starting a new one.
>
> Cheers,
> Waldo

Right, I should look more exactly at the code before sending patches.

Bye
Alex
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