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22 <div id="preamble"><h1>Apache MPM leader</h1>
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24 <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../de/mod/leader.html" hreflang="de" rel="alternate" title="Deutsch">&nbsp;de&nbsp;</a> |
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28 <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>An experimental variant of the standard <code class="module"><a href="../mod/worker.html">worker</a></code>
29 MPM</td></tr>
30 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>MPM</td></tr>
31 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>mpm_leader_module</td></tr>
32 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>leader.c</td></tr></table>
33 <h3>Summary</h3>
35 <div class="warning"><h3>Warning</h3>
36 <p>This MPM is experimental, so it may or may not work
37 as expected.</p>
38 </div>
40 <p>This is an experimental variant of the standard
41 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/worker.html">worker</a></code> MPM. It uses a Leader/Followers design pattern
42 to coordinate work among threads. For more info, see <a href="http://deuce.doc.wustl.edu/doc/pspdfs/lf.pdf">http://deuce.doc.wustl.edu/doc/pspdfs/lf.pdf</a>.</p>
44 <p>To use the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/leader.html">leader</a></code> MPM, add
45 <code>--with-mpm=leader</code> to the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/configure.html">configure</a></code>
46 script's arguments when building the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>.</p>
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49 <div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
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51 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#acceptmutex">AcceptMutex</a></li>
52 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#coredumpdirectory">CoreDumpDirectory</a></li>
53 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#enableexceptionhook">EnableExceptionHook</a></li>
54 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#group">Group</a></li>
55 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></li>
56 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#listenbacklog">ListenBacklog</a></li>
57 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#lockfile">LockFile</a></li>
58 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#maxclients">MaxClients</a></li>
59 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#maxmemfree">MaxMemFree</a></li>
60 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#maxrequestsperchild">MaxRequestsPerChild</a></li>
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63 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#pidfile">PidFile</a></li>
64 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#receivebuffersize">ReceiveBufferSize</a></li>
65 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#scoreboardfile">ScoreBoardFile</a></li>
66 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#sendbuffersize">SendBufferSize</a></li>
67 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#serverlimit">ServerLimit</a></li>
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72 <li><img alt="" src="../images/right.gif" /> <a href="mpm_common.html#user">User</a></li>
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74 <h3>Topics</h3>
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76 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#requirements">Requirements</a></li>
77 </ul><h3>See also</h3>
78 <ul class="seealso">
79 <li><a href="worker.html">The worker MPM</a></li>
80 </ul></div>
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83 <h2><a name="requirements" id="requirements">Requirements</a></h2>
84 <p>This MPM depends on APR's atomic compare-and-swap operations for
85 thread synchronization. If you are compiling for an x86 target
86 and you don't need to support 386s, or you are compiling for a
87 SPARC and you don't need to run on pre-UltraSPARC chips, add
88 <code>--enable-nonportable-atomics=yes</code> to the
89 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/configure.html">configure</a></code> script's arguments. This will cause
90 APR to implement atomic operations
91 using efficient opcodes not available in older CPUs.</p>
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