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.\"     Title: vfs_aio_fork
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.\"      Date: 04/07/2024
.\"    Manual: System Administration tools
.\"    Source: Samba 4.20.0
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "VFS_AIO_FORK" "8" "04/07/2024" "Samba 4\&.20\&.0" "System Administration tools"
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.SH "NAME"
vfs_aio_fork \- implement async I/O in Samba vfs
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\ 'u
vfs objects = aio_fork
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This VFS module is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(7)
suite\&.
.PP
The
aio_fork
VFS module enables async I/O for Samba on platforms where the system level Posix AIO interface is insufficient\&. Posix AIO can suffer from severe limitations\&. For example, on some Linux versions the real\-time signals that it uses are broken under heavy load\&. Other systems only allow AIO when special kernel modules are loaded or only allow a certain system\-wide amount of async requests being scheduled\&. Systems based on glibc (most Linux systems) only allow a single outstanding request per file descriptor\&.
.PP
To work around all these limitations, the aio_fork module was written\&. It uses forked helper processes instead of the internal Posix AIO interface to create asynchronousity for read and write calls\&. It has no parameters, it will create helper processes when async requests come in as needed\&. Idle helper processes will be removed every 30 seconds\&.
.PP
This module is stackable\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Straight forward use:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
        \fI[cooldata]\fR
	\m[blue]\fBpath = /data/ice\fR\m[]
	\m[blue]\fBvfs objects = aio_fork\fR\m[]
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is part of version 4\&.20\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.