Re: (ITS#7633) Slapd hangs on hdb write lock

[hyc@symas.com]

dusan.fric@t-systems.sk wrote:
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> Hi guys,
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> good news, the issue is solved. We changed db setting (DB_CONFIG) as follow=
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> set_lk_detect DB_LOCK_RANDOM
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> (instead of bad set_lk_detect DB_LOCK_EXPIRE)
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> and no hangs until now.

That's great, but why was it set to DB_LOCK_EXPIRE in the first place? 
DB_LOCK_RANDOM is the default, you should not be changing this setting without 
a good reason and good knowledge of what you're doing.
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> We can also find the same issue described here
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> http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-technical/201102/msg00074.html
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> FYI - customer's test confirmed it.
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> Thanks for your suggestions and help.
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> Regards,
> Dusan


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