Brian Kim wrote:
Hi. All. In mod_proxy_http.c, I globally declared a variable, like unsiged int count = 0; And I make it increase whenever the proxy gets a new http request. I expect it increases like 1, 2, 3, 4,... but it is always same 1. Does anydoby know why this happens? How can I use a global variable in mod_proxy_http?
Not a simple answer, but read this : http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-users&m=124467015611975&w=2The basic point is : when it starts, Apache is a single process. That one loads mod_proxy, with your variable initialised to 0. Then that main Apache forks into children. Each child is an exact copy, thus also with the variable = 0.
The main Apache does not serve requests, so its copy always remains 0. But it distributes requests, 1 per child, as they come in.So probably your first request gets handled by child #1. It serves the request, and increments the variable, which for this child is now 1.
Then your next request comes in, and is handled by child #2.Its variable is still 0. So it serves the request and increments the variable.
Then your next request comes in and is served by child #3. And so on.Until... enough requests have come in, that a child that has been used before, gets re-used. Then the variable is at 1, and now becomes 2.
But only in that child. And so on. Got it ?If you start your Apache with a maximum of 3 children e.g., then after 4 requests you are guaranteed to see a 2.
Morality : you have to find a place to store your counter, that is common to all children (or threads). And of course synchronise access to it.
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