==> On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:48:35 -0400, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Paul> On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 12:44 -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote: > Jeff> If Paul> you set the timeout to 60 seconds, the automount daemon will > Paul> Jeff> wake up approximately every 15 seconds (4 times per Paul> timeout, see > Jeff> CHECK_RATIO in the daemon) and ask the Paul> kernel if it is okay to > Jeff> expire the mount. Paul> > Paul> > I guess I should further qualify this. Asking the kernel Paul> means > issuing an ioctl. The kernel then checks the access Paul> time for the > mount point and, if it is > timeout seconds ago, Paul> it will try to expire > the mount (by calling out to the Paul> daemon). Paul> Perfect; that's what I was looking for. So, CHECK_RATIO is a Paul> constant regardless of the size of the timeout? So if I make my Paul> timeout 10 hours it will check every 2.5 hours (unless I change Paul> the constant in the daemon code)? That is correct. -Jeff _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
