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authorSimo Sorce <idra@samba.org>2010-07-19 13:48:31 -0400
committerSimo Sorce <idra@samba.org>2010-07-19 13:48:31 -0400
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-rw-r--r--docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/ctdblocktimewarnthreshold.xml26
-rw-r--r--docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml15
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/ctdblocktimewarnthreshold.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/ctdblocktimewarnthreshold.xml
index 149d8d67e3..a3289a93bc 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/ctdblocktimewarnthreshold.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/ctdblocktimewarnthreshold.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,25 @@
advanced="1"
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
- <para>In a cluster, ctdb is very unhappy if tdb database locks
- are held for extended periods of time. This parameter adds a
- warning threshold in milliseconds. If Samba holds a lock for
- longer that ctdb locktime warn threshold milliseconds, a debug
- level 0 message is printed when the lock is released. This is
- mainly a debugging aid for post-mortem analysis.</para>
- <para>If this parameter is set to 0, no message is printed.</para>
+
+ <para>
+ In a cluster environment using Samba and ctdb it is critical
+ that locks on central ctdb-hosted databases like locking.tdb
+ are not held for long. With the current Samba architecture
+ it happens that Samba takes a lock and while holding that
+ lock makes file system calls into the shared cluster file
+ system. This option makes Samba warn if it detects that it
+ has held locks for the specified number of milliseconds. If
+ this happens, <emphasis>smbd</emphasis> will emit a debug level 0
+ message into its logs and potentially into syslog. The most likely
+ reason for such a log message is that an operation of the cluster
+ file system Samba exports is taking longer than expected.
+ The messages are meant as a debugging aid for potential
+ cluster problems.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The default value of 0 disables this logging.</para>
+
</description>
<value type="default">0</value>
</samba:parameter>
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml
index 1c75457803..9d2b750943 100644
--- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/logwriteablefilesonexit.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,17 @@
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
<para>
- This boolean option controls whether at exit time the server
- dumps a list of files with debug level 0 that were still open
- for write. This is an administrative aid to find the files
- that were potentially corrupt if the network connection died.
+ When the network connection between a CIFS client and Samba
+ dies, Samba has no option but to simply shut down the server
+ side of the network connection. If this happens, there is a
+ risk of data corruption because the Windows client did not
+ complete all write operations that the Windows application
+ requested. Setting this option to "yes" makes smbd log with
+ a level 0 message a list of all files that have been opened
+ for writing when the network connection died. Those are the
+ files that are potentially corrupted. It is meant as an aid
+ for the administrator to give him a list of files to do
+ consistency checks on.
</para>
</description>