From 7f0eca26b4614e1a19625834cbe4e1bd60efa84a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robin Burchell Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:01:36 +0200 Subject: FileWriter hasn't been non-blocking for a very, very long time. --- include/logger.h | 12 +----------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/logger.h b/include/logger.h index f6f2f1e4f..2a075431e 100644 --- a/include/logger.h +++ b/include/logger.h @@ -14,17 +14,7 @@ #ifndef LOGGER_H #define LOGGER_H -/** This class implements a nonblocking writer. - * Most people writing an ircd give little thought to their disk - * i/o. On a congested system, disk writes can block for long - * periods of time (e.g. if the system is busy and/or swapping - * a lot). If we just use a blocking fprintf() call, this could - * block for undesirable amounts of time (half of a second through - * to whole seconds). We DO NOT want this, so we make our logfile - * nonblocking and hook it into the SocketEngine. - * NB: If the operating system does not support nonblocking file - * I/O (linux seems to, as does freebsd) this will default to - * blocking behaviour. +/** Simple wrapper providing periodic flushing to a disk-backed file. */ class CoreExport FileWriter { -- cgit v1.2.3